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1 petty pet·ty adj

['pɛtɪ]
- ier comp - iest superl

1) (trivial: detail, complaint) insignificante, di poca importanza

petty crime — reati mpl minori

petty problems — problemi mpl insignificanti

2) (minor: official) subalterno (-a)

3) (small-minded, spiteful) meschino (-a)

you're being petty — sei meschino (-a)

English-Italian dictionary > petty pet·ty adj
2 small

1. adjective
1) (in size) klein; gering [Wirkung, Appetit, Fähigkeit]; schmal [Taille, Handgelenk]; dünn [Stimme]

it's a small world — die Welt ist klein

2) attrib. (small-scale) klein; Klein[aktionär, -sparer, -händler, -betrieb, -bauer]

3) (young, not fully grown) klein

4) (of the smaller kind) klein

small letter — Kleinbuchstabe, der

feel small — (fig.) sich (Dat.) ganz klein vorkommen

make somebody feel/look small — (fig.) jemanden beschämen/ein schlechtes Licht auf jemanden werfen

5) (not much) wenig

demand for/interest in the product was small — die Nachfrage nach/das Interesse an dem Produkt war gering

[it's] small wonder — [es ist] kein Wunder

6) (trifling) klein

we have a few small matters/points/problems to clear up before... — es sind noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu klären, bevor...

7) (minor) unbedeutend

great and small — hoch und niedrig

8) (petty) kleinlich (abwertend)

have a small mind — ein Kleinkrämer sein (abwertend)
2. noun
(Anat.)

small of the back — Kreuz, das
3. adverb
klein

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[smo:l]
adjective

1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) klein

2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) klein

3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) wenig

4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) klein

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- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small
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small

[smɔ:l, AM also smɑ:l]

I. adj

1. (not large) klein

he's quite \small for his age er ist ziemlich klein für sein Alter

\small amount geringer Betrag

\small circulation MEDIA niedrige Auflage

\small craft NAUT [kleines] Boot

\small fortune kleines Vermögen

\small number/quantity kleine [o geringe] Menge/Zahl

\small percentage geringe Prozentzahl

in \small quantities in kleinen Mengen

\small street enge Straße

\small town Kleinstadt f

\small turnout geringe Beteiligung

2. (young) klein

\small child Kleinkind nt

3. (insignificant) klein, unbedeutend

\small consolation ein schwacher Trost

no \small feat keine schlechte Leistung

\small wonder kein Wunder

to feel \small sich dat klein und unbedeutend vorkommen

to look \small schlecht dastehen

to make sb look \small jdn niedermachen fam

4. (on a limited scale) klein, bescheiden

\small investor Kleinanleger(in) m(f)

in a \small way bescheiden, im Kleinen

in sb's own \small way auf jds eigene bescheidene Art

5. TYPO

\small letter Kleinbuchstabe m

6.

▶ to be grateful [or thankful] for \small mercies mit wenig zufrieden sein

▶ it's a \small world! ( prov) die Welt ist klein!

II. n no pl

the \small of the [or one's] back ANAT, ZOOL das Kreuz

III. adv think, plan in kleinem Rahmen

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[smɔːl]
1. adj (+er)

1) klein; supply, stock klein, gering; waist schmal; (= not much) reason, desire wenig, gering; effort gering

small in size — von geringer Größe, klein

a small number of people — eine geringe Anzahl von Leuten

the smallest possible number of books — so wenig Bücher wie möglich

to have a small appetite —

it's written with a small "e" — es wird mit kleinem "e" geschrieben

small shareholder — Kleinaktionär(in) m(f)

no small success — ein beachtlicher Erfolg

to feel small (fig) — sich (ganz) klein (und hässlich) vorkommen

to look small (fig) — schlecht aussehen or dastehen

he/it made me feel pretty small — da kam ich mir ziemlich klein vor

to be of small concern to sb — jdn nur wenig betreffen

2) (= unimportant, minor) klein; present, sum klein, bescheiden; importance, consequence gering

a few small matters/problems —

to be of no small consequence — nicht unbeträchtliche Folgen haben

this is no small matter — das ist keine Kleinigkeit

to help/contribute in a small way —

to start in a small way — bescheiden or klein anfangen

3) (= quiet) voice leise

to say sth in a small voice — etw mit leiser Stimme sagen

4) (fig: mean, petty) person kleinlich

2. n

1)

the small of the back — das Kreuz

2) pl (Brit inf) Unterwäsche f

3. adv

to chop sth up small — etw klein hacken

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small [smɔːl]

A adj

1. allg klein:

cut small klein schneiden;

make o.s. small sich kleinmachen;

the smallest room Br die Toilette; → ad¹, intestine A

2. klein, schmächtig (Junge etc)

3. klein, gering (Anzahl, Grad etc):

a small fortune ein kleines Vermögen;

they came in small numbers es kamen nur wenige;

I’ve only got small appetite ich habe nur wenig Appetit;

small eater schlechte(r) Esser(in);

small saver Kleinsparer(in)

4. wenig:

small blame to him ihn trifft kaum eine Schuld;

have small cause for kaum Anlass zu Dankbarkeit etc haben

5. klein, armselig, dürftig

6. klein, mit wenig Besitz:

small businessman kleiner Geschäftsmann;

small farmer Kleinbauer m, -bäuerin f

7. klein, (sozial) niedrig:

small people kleine Leute

8. unbedeutend, klein (Dichter etc)

9. bescheiden, klein (Anfang etc)

10. klein, trivial:

the small worries die kleinen Sorgen;

a small matter eine Kleinigkeit oder Bagatelle;

in a small way

a) bescheiden leben etc,

b) im Kleinen handeln etc

11. pej kleinlich

12. pej niedrig, moralisch verwerflich (Charakter etc)

13. klein umg, beschämt:

feel small sich klein (u. hässlich) vorkommen, sich schämen;

make sb feel small jemanden beschämen;

look small beschämt dastehen

14. schwach, klein (Stimme):

the small voice of conscience die Stimme des Gewissens

15. obs dünn (Bier etc)

B adv

1. fein, klein

2. ängstlich: → sing A 1

3. auf bescheidene Art

4. gering(schätzig):

think small kleinkariert denken pej;

think small of sb auf jemanden herabsehen

C s

1. (das) Kleine, (etwas) Kleines

2. schmal(st)er oder verjüngter Teil:

the small of the back das Kreuz (Körperteil)

3. pl besonders Br umg Unterwäsche f, Taschentücher pl etc:

wash one’s smalls seine kleine Wäsche waschen

S abk small S

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1. adjective
1) (in size) klein; gering [Wirkung, Appetit, Fähigkeit]; schmal [Taille, Handgelenk]; dünn [Stimme]

it's a small world — die Welt ist klein

2) attrib. (small-scale) klein; Klein[aktionär, -sparer, -händler, -betrieb, -bauer]

3) (young, not fully grown) klein

4) (of the smaller kind) klein

small letter — Kleinbuchstabe, der

feel small — (fig.) sich (Dat.) ganz klein vorkommen

make somebody feel/look small — (fig.) jemanden beschämen/ein schlechtes Licht auf jemanden werfen

5) (not much) wenig

demand for/interest in the product was small — die Nachfrage nach/das Interesse an dem Produkt war gering

[it's] small wonder — [es ist] kein Wunder

6) (trifling) klein

we have a few small matters/points/problems to clear up before... — es sind noch ein paar Kleinigkeiten zu klären, bevor...

7) (minor) unbedeutend

great and small — hoch und niedrig

8) (petty) kleinlich (abwertend)

have a small mind — ein Kleinkrämer sein (abwertend)
2. noun
(Anat.)

small of the back — Kreuz, das
3. adverb
klein

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adj.

gering adj.

klein adj.

unbedeutend adj. adj.

zu klein adj.

English-german dictionary > small
3 falta

f.

1 lack (carencia).

hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work

a falta de in the absence of

por falta de for want o lack of

fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence

es una falta de educación it's bad manners

es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect

2 absence (ausencia).

nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence

echar en falta algo/a alguien to notice that something/somebody is missing; (notar la ausencia de) to miss something/somebody (echar de menos)

sin falta without fail

el lunes sin falta on Monday without fail

3 fault.

sacarle faltas a alguien/algo to find fault with somebody/something

falta de ortografía spelling mistake

4 foul (sport) (infracción).

lanzar o sacar una falta to take a free kick

falta libre directa direct free kick offense

falta personal personal foul

5 offense (law).

falta grave/leve serious/minor offense

6 missed period.

7 shortcoming, lapse, foul, failing.

8 need, want.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: faltar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: faltar.

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falta

► nombre femenino

1 (carencia) lack

■ falta de sensibilidad lack of sensitivity

2 (escasez) shortage

■ existe una falta de agua there is a water shortage

3 (ausencia) absence

4 (error) mistake

■ has hecho una falta de ortografía you've made a spelling mistake

5 (defecto) fault, defect

6 (mala acción) misdeed

7 MEDICINA missed period

8 DERECHO misdemeanour (US misdemeanor)

9 DEPORTE (fútbol) foul; (tenis) fault

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a falta de... for want of..., for lack of...

coger a alguien en falta to catch somebody out

echar en falta to miss

hacer falta to be necessary

■ hizo falta un martillo we needed a hammer

no hace falta que... there is no need for...

pillar a alguien en falta to catch somebody out

poner falta a alguien to mark somebody absent

por falta de...→ link=a a falta de

sacar faltas a to find fault with

sacar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick

sin falta without fail

tirar una falta DEPORTE to take a free kick

¡falta hacía! and about time too!

falta de educación bad manners plural

falta de pago nonpayment

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noun f.

1) lack, want

2) fault, error

3) foul

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SF

1) (=carencia)

a) [de recursos, información, control, acuerdo] lack

los candidatos demostraron en el examen su absoluta falta de preparación — in the exam the candidates revealed their total lack of preparation

es evidente su falta de voluntad negociadora — it is clear that they have no wish to negotiate

• falta de respeto — disrespect, lack of respect

la falta de respeto por las ideas de los demás — disrespect o lack of respect for other people's ideas

¡qué falta de respeto! — how rude!

b)

• a falta de — in the absence of, for want of

a falta de información fiable, nos limitamos a repetir los rumores — in the absence of reliable information, we can merely repeat the rumours, we can merely repeat the rumours, for want of reliable information

a falta de champán para celebrarlo, beberemos cerveza — as we don't have any champagne to celebrate with, we'll drink beer

• a falta de un término/sistema mejor — for want of a better term/system

• a falta de tres minutos para el final — three minutes from the end

a falta de 40kms para la meta el ciclista se retiró — the cyclist withdrew 40kms from the finish

- a falta de pan, buenas son tortas

c)

• por falta de — for lack of

se absolvió al acusado por falta de pruebas — the defendant was acquitted for lack of evidence

el rosal se murió por falta de luz — the rose died due to lack of light

d)

• echar algo/a algn en falta — to miss sth/sb

echo en falta a mis amigos — I miss my friends

durante el festival se echaron en falta a las grandes estrellas — the big names were missing from the festival
educación 3)
2)

• hacer falta, me hace mucha falta un coche — I really o badly * need a car

a este plato le hace falta sal — this dish needs more salt

lo que hace falta aquí es más disciplina — what's needed here is stricter discipline

aquí no haces falta — you're not needed here

no nos hace falta nada — we've got everything we need, we don't need anything else

es el hombre que hacía falta — he is the right man for the job

¡falta hacía! — and about time too!

si hace falta, voy — if necessary, I'll go, if need be, I'll go

• hacer falta hacer algo, para ser enfermero hace falta tener vocación — you have to be dedicated to be a nurse

no hace falta ser un experto para llegar a esa conclusión — you don't need to be an expert to reach that conclusion

ahora lo que te hace falta es recuperar las fuerzas — what you need now is to regain your strength

¡hace falta ser tonto para no darse cuenta! — you have to be pretty stupid not to realize!

• hacer falta que + subjun —

hace falta que el agua esté hirviendo — the water must be o needs to be boiling

si hace falta que os echemos una mano, llamadnos — if you need us to give you a hand, give us a call

no hace falta que se lo digas — there's no need for you to tell him

ni falta que hace iró —

-¿te han invitado al concierto? -no, ni falta que me hace — "haven't they invited you to the concert?" - "no, and I couldn't care less" *

3) (Escol) (=ausencia) absence

• poner falta a algn — to mark sb absent, put sb down as absent

falta de asistencia — absence

tiene cinco faltas de asistencia — he has been absent five times

4) (=infracción)

a) (Jur) offence, offense (EEUU)

• falta grave — serious offence, serious offense (EEUU), serious misconduct

• falta leve — minor offence, minor offense (EEUU), misdemeanour, misdemeanor (EEUU)

b) (Ftbl, Balonmano) foul; (Tenis) fault

ha sido falta — it was a foul o fault

va a sacar la falta — (Ftbl) he's going to take the free kick; (Balonmano) he's going to take the free throw

• cometer una falta contra algn — to foul sb

• lanzamiento de falta — (Ftbl) free kick

falta personal — personal foul

5) (=fallo) [de persona] shortcoming, fault; [de máquina, producto] flaw, fault

• sacar faltas a algn — to point out sb's shortcomings, find fault with sb

siempre le está sacando faltas a todo lo que hago — she's always picking holes in everything I do

• sin falta — without fail

mañana sin falta recibirá nuestro informe — you will get our report tomorrow without fail

falta de ortografía — spelling mistake

6) [por estar embarazada] missed period

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femenino

1) (carencia, ausencia)

falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

por falta de fondos — owing to a lack of funds

falta de personal — staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

no es por falta de ganas — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo — she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor — for want of a better name

a falta de más información — in the absence of more information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

2) ( inasistencia) tb

falta de asistencia — absence

le pusieron falta — they marked her down as absent

tienes 30 faltas — you have been absent 30 times

3) ( de la menstruación) missed period

es mi segunda falta — I've missed two periods

4)

hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

lo traigo el jueves sin falta — I'll bring it on Thursday without fail

- falta de educación

- falta de ortografía

- falta de pago

6) ( defecto)

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

7) (Dep)

a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault

b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw

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= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el contexto deportivo.

Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

Ex. Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.

Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex. Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.

Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex. This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex. By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex. Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.

Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

Ex. Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.

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* adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* falta de = lack of.

* falta de acceso = unavailability.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* falta de actualidad = datedness.

* falta de adecuación = misfit.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falta de alineación = misalignment.

* falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.

* falta de armonía = disharmony.

* falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.

* falta de atención = inattention, inattention.

* falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.

* falta de certeza = uncertainty.

* falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.

* falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.

* falta de coincidencia = mismatch.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

* falta de comunicación = poor communication.

* falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.

* falta de concienciación = unawareness.

* falta de confianza en = disbelief.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.

* falta de cooperación = uncooperation.

* falta de coordinación = misalignment.

* falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de correspondencia = mismatch.

* falta de cuidado = sloppiness.

* falta de decoro = impropriety.

* falta de deseo = unwillingness.

* falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.

* falta de dirección = indirection.

* falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.

* falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.

* falta de educación = impoliteness.

* falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.

* falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.

* falta de esmero = sloppiness.

* falta de espacio = tightness of space.

* falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.

* falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.

* falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.

* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.

* falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.

* falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.

* falta de fondos = underfunding.

* falta de gravedad = weightlessness.

* falta de honradez = dishonesty.

* falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* falta de información = lack of information.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].

* falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* falta de mérito = unworthiness.

* falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.

* falta de moderación = intemperance.

* falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.

* falta de notoriedad = low profile.

* falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.

* falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.

* falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.

* falta de personal = undermanning.

* falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.

* falta de peso = underweight.

* falta de piedad = ruthlessness.

* falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de predisposición = disinclination.

* falta de preparación = unpreparedness.

* falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.

* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.

* falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.

* falta de renovación = non-renewal.

* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].

* falta de resolución = procrastination.

* falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.

* falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.

* falta de sentido = meaninglessness.

* falta de seriedad = flippancy.

* falta de sinceridad = insincerity.

* falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.

* falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.

* falta de unión = disunity.

* falta de valía = unworthiness.

* falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falta de voluntad = reluctance.

* falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.

* falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.

* faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.

* hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* que falta = missing.

* remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.

* sacar faltas = find + fault with.

* sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* sin falta = without fail.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* ver faltas en = see + faults in.

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femenino

1) (carencia, ausencia)

falta de algo — de interés/dinero lack of something

por falta de fondos — owing to a lack of funds

falta de personal — staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre — it's because I'm/you're not used to it

no es por falta de ganas — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo — she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor — for want of a better name

a falta de más información — in the absence of more information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or (Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas — half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí se echa en falta más formalidad what's needed here is a more serious attitude; echó en falta sus alhajas — she realized her jewelry was missing

2) ( inasistencia) tb

falta de asistencia — absence

le pusieron falta — they marked her down as absent

tienes 30 faltas — you have been absent 30 times

3) ( de la menstruación) missed period

es mi segunda falta — I've missed two periods

4)

hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay; hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!; si hace falta... if necessary...; no hizo falta cambiarlo I/we didn't need to change it; lo que hace falta es que nos escuchen what they really need to do is listen to us; lo que hace falta aquí es una computadora what's needed here is a computer; (+ me/te/le etc) le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest; estudia que buena falta te hace (fam) it's about time you did some studying; me haces mucha falta I really need you; ni falta que (me/te/le) hace — (fam) so what? (colloq)

5) (infracción, omisión) offense*

una falta grave — a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto — it was very rude of you/him/her/them

agarrar or (esp Esp) coger a alguien en falta — to catch somebody out

lo traigo el jueves sin falta — I'll bring it on Thursday without fail

- falta de educación

- falta de ortografía

- falta de pago

6) ( defecto)

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo — to find fault with something

7) (Dep)

a) (infracción - en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (- en tenis) fault

b) ( tiro libre - en fútbol) free kick; (- en balonmano) free throw

* * *

= anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, failing, fault, inadequacy, infringement, scarcity, shortage, starvation, defect, misdeed, petty crime, gaping hole, foul.

Nota: Generalmente usado en el contexto deportivo.

Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.

Ex: Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.

Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.

Ex: Strictly speaking, the word piracy or infringement can be applied only to the flowing back of unauthorised reproductions to countries of origen = En su estricto sentido, la palabra piratería o infracción puede aplicarse solamente a la entrada de vuelta a los países de origen de reproducciones que se hayan hecho sin la debida autorización.

Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.

Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.

Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.

Ex: This book offers pithy and witty advice on how to write, defects in prose style, punctuation, and preparing a manuscript.

Ex: By preserving and ensuring access to the sordid history told in the tales of the tobacco industry documents, there is hope that as a nation we will not allow a repeat of the mistakes and misdeeds of the past.

Ex: Examples of ' petty crimes' are riding the train without a ticket, reproducing copyright computer programs, traffic violations, tax evasion, & shoplifting.

Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

Ex: Taking a dive is cheating, but it's up to the skill of referees to recognise a genuine foul from a 'dive'.

* adolecer de falta de = suffer from + lack of, lack.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* echar muchísimo en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho en falta = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* encontrarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* falta de = lack of.

* falta de acceso = unavailability.

* falta de actividad = inactivity, inaction.

* falta de actualidad = datedness.

* falta de adecuación = misfit.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falta de alineación = misalignment.

* falta de ambigüedad = unambiguity.

* falta de armonía = disharmony.

* falta de asistencia = lack of attendance, non-attendance.

* falta de atención = inattention, inattention.

* falta de autenticidad = inauthencity.

* falta de certeza = uncertainty.

* falta de civismo = lack of public spirit.

* falta de claridad = fuzziness, obscurity, murkiness, indistinctiveness, indistinctness.

* falta de coincidencia = mismatch.

* falta de comprensión = incomprehension, lack of understanding.

* falta de comunicación = poor communication.

* falta de conciencia = unconsciousness.

* falta de concienciación = unawareness.

* falta de confianza en = disbelief.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* falta de convencionalismo = unconventionality.

* falta de cooperación = uncooperation.

* falta de coordinación = misalignment.

* falta de coraje = act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de correspondencia = mismatch.

* falta de cuidado = sloppiness.

* falta de decoro = impropriety.

* falta de deseo = unwillingness.

* falta de deseo por la lectura = aliteracy.

* falta de dirección = indirection.

* falta de disciplina = indiscipline, disruptive behaviour.

* falta de disponibilidad = unavailability.

* falta de educación = impoliteness.

* falta de elasticidad = inelasticity.

* falta de entendimiento = lack of understanding.

* falta de esmero = sloppiness.

* falta de espacio = tightness of space.

* falta de especificidad = indeterminacy.

* falta de ética académica = academic dishonesty.

* falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional = misconduct, professional misconduct, unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, unprofessional conduct, unprofessional conduct, malpractice.

* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.

* falta de fiabilidad = unreliability.

* falta de flexibilidad = inelasticity.

* falta de fondos = underfunding.

* falta de gravedad = weightlessness.

* falta de honradez = dishonesty.

* falta de idoneidad = unsuitability, inaptness.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* falta de información = lack of information.

* falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.

* falta de linealidad = nonlinearity [no-linearity], nonlinearity [no-linearity].

* falta de mano de obra = labour shortage.

* falta de mérito = unworthiness.

* falta de misericordia = ruthlessness.

* falta de moderación = intemperance.

* falta de moralidad = amorality, immoral conduct.

* falta de notoriedad = low profile.

* falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.

* falta de oxigenación = oxygen starvation.

* falta de oxígeno = oxygen starvation.

* falta de personal = undermanning.

* falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.

* falta de peso = underweight.

* falta de piedad = ruthlessness.

* falta de precisión = fuzziness, looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de predisposición = disinclination.

* falta de preparación = unpreparedness.

* falta de profesionalidad = amateurism, unprofessional conduct, professional misconduct.

* falta de pruebas = lack of evidence to the contrary.

* falta de puntualidad = unpunctuality.

* falta de renovación = non-renewal.

* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].

* falta de resolución = procrastination.

* falta de respeto = disrespect, irreverence, diss, diss.

* falta de rigidez = looseness, looseness of fit.

* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.

* falta de sentido = meaninglessness.

* falta de seriedad = flippancy.

* falta de sinceridad = insincerity.

* falta de tiempo = tightness of scheduling.

* falta de uniformidad = patchiness, unevenness.

* falta de unión = disunity.

* falta de valía = unworthiness.

* falta de valor = worthlessness, act of cowardice, lack of courage, lack of backbone.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falta de voluntad = reluctance.

* falta leve = peccadillo [peccadilloes, -pl.], lesser sin.

* falta ortográfica = spelling mistake.

* faltas y defectos = faults and inadequacies, snags and pitfalls, snags and problems.

* hacer falta = need, must, have to, it + take.

* no hace falta decir que = it goes without saying that, needless to say.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* que falta = missing.

* remediar la falta de = remedy + the lack of.

* sacar faltas = find + fault with.

* sacarle faltas a todo = nitpick.

* sin falta = without fail.

* subsanar una falta = remedy + fault.

* tarea falta de interés = chore.

* tener lo que hace falta = have + what it takes.

* ver faltas en = see + faults in.

* * *

falta

feminine

A (carencia, ausencia) falta DE algo lack OF sth

por falta de fondos owing to a lack of funds

no se pudo terminar por falta de tiempo we could not finish it because we ran out of time o we did not have enough time o owing to lack of time

falta de personal staff shortage

es por la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it

¿por qué no vienes? — no es por falta de ganas why don't you come? — it's not that I don't want to

siente mucho la falta de su hijo she misses her son terribly

a falta de un nombre mejor for want of a better name

a falta de información más detallada in the absence of more detailed information

a falta de pan buenas son (las) tortas or ( Méx) a falta de pan, tortillas half a loaf is better than none

echar algo en falta: aquí lo que se echa en falta es un poco de formalidad what's needed around here is a more serious attitude

echó en falta algunas de sus alhajas she realized some of her jewelry was missing

se echará mucho en falta su aporte her contribution will be greatly missed

B (inasistencia) absence

le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent

tienes más de 30 faltas you have been absent over 30 times

sin falta without fail

C (de la menstruación) missed period

es la segunda falta I've missed two periods

D

hacer falta: hace falta mucha paciencia para tratar con él you need a lot of patience to deal with him

no hace falta que se queden los dos there's no need for both of you to stay

¡hace falta ser tonto para creerse eso! you have to be stupid to believe that!

le hace falta descansar he needs to rest

a ver si te cortas el pelo, que buena falta te hace ( fam); it's high time o it's about time you got your hair cut ( colloq)

me haces mucha falta (te necesito) I need you very much; (te echo de menos) ( AmL) I miss you terribly, I miss you very much

ni falta que (me/te/le) hace ( fam); so what? ( colloq), who cares? ( colloq)

nos hace tanta falta como los perros en misa ( fam); that's all we need, we need it like we need a hole in the head ( colloq)

E (infracción, omisión) offense*

incurrir en una falta grave to commit a serious misdemeanor*

fue una falta de respeto contestarle así it was very rude o disrespectful of you to answer him like that

agarrar or coger a algn en falta to catch sb out

Compuestos:

● falta de educación

es una falta de educación poner los codos sobre la mesa it's bad manners to put your elbows on the table

● falta de lesiones

( Der) (minor) bodily harm

acusar a algn de falta de lesiones to accuse sb of causing bodily harm

● falta de ortografía

spelling mistake

● falta de pago

nonpayment

F ( Dep)

1 (infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul; (— en tenis) fault

el árbitro pitó falta the referee gave o awarded a foul

2 (tiro libre — en fútbol) free kick; (— en balonmano) free throw

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Del verbo faltar: ( conjugate faltar)

falta es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
falta
faltar
falta sustantivo femenino
1 (carencia, ausencia) falta de algo ‹de interés/dinero› lack of sth;
◊ falta de personal staff shortage;

es la falta de costumbre it's because I'm/you're not used to it;
fue una falta de respeto it was very rude of you/him/her/them;
eso es una falta de educación that's bad manners;
a falta de más información in the absence of more information
2 ( inasistencia) tb
◊ falta de asistencia absence;

le pusieron falta they marked her down as absent
3
a)

◊ hacer falta: no hace falta que se queden there's no need for you to stay;

si hace falta … if necessary …;
hacen falta dos vasos más we need two more glasses;
le hace falta descansar he/she needs to rest
b)

◊ sin falta without fail

4 ( defecto) fault;
◊ a pesar de todas sus faltas in spite of all his faults;

sacarle or encontrarle faltas a algo to find fault with sth;
falta de ortografía spelling mistake
5 (Dep)
a) ( infracción — en fútbol, baloncesto) foul;

(— en tenis) fault
b) ( tiro libre — en fútbol) free kick;

(— en balonmano) free throw
faltar ( conjugate faltar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( no estar) to be missing;

◊ ¿quién falta? who's missing?;

(en colegio, reunión) who's absent?;
◊ te falta un botón you have a button missing;

a esta taza le falta el asa there's no handle on this cup
b) ( no haber suficiente):

◊ va a falta vino there won't be enough wine;

nos faltó tiempo we didn't have enough time
c) ( hacer falta):

◊ le falta alguien que la aconseje she needs someone to advise her;

les falta cariño they need affection
2 ( quedar):
◊ yo estoy lista ¿a ti te falta mucho? I'm ready, will you be long?;

nos falta poco para terminar we're almost finished;
me faltan tres páginas para terminar el libro I have three pages to go to finish the book;
solo me falta pasarlo a máquina all I have to do is type it out;
falta poco para Navidad it's not long until Christmas;
faltan cinco minutos para que empiece there are five minutes to go before it starts;
¡no faltaba más! ( respuesta — a un agradecimiento) don't mention it!;

(— a una petición) of course, certainly;
(— a un ofrecimiento) I wouldn't hear of it!
3
a) ( no asistir):

◊ te esperamos, no faltes we're expecting you, make sure you come;

falta a algo ‹ al colegio› to be absent from sth;

‹ a una cita› to miss sth;
◊ falta a clase to skip lessons;

ha faltado dos veces al trabajo she's been off work twice
b) ( no cumplir):

◊ faltó a su promesa he didn't keep his promise;

¡no me faltes al respeto! don't be rude to me
falta sustantivo femenino
1 lack: se perdió la cosecha por falta de lluvia, the harvest was lost through lack of rain
2 (ausencia) absence: no notaron su falta, they didn't miss him
3 (imperfección) fault, defect: tiene faltas de ortografía, he made some spelling mistakes
4 Jur misdemeanour
5 Dep Ftb foul
Ten fault
♦ Locuciones: echar algo/a alguien en falta, to miss sthg/sb
hacer falta, to be necessary: (nos) hace falta un reloj, we need a watch
no hace falta que lo veas, there is no need for you to see it
sin falta, without fail
faltar verbo intransitivo
1 (estar ausente) to be missing: falta el jefe, the boss is missing
2 (no tener) to be lacking: le falta personalidad, he lacks personality
3 (restar) to be left: aún falta para la Navidad, it's a long time until Christmas
faltó poco para que ganaran, they very nearly won
no falta nada por hacer, there's nothing more to be done
sólo me falta el último capítulo por leer, I've only got the last chapter to read
4 (no acudir) tu hermano faltó a la cita, your brother didn't turn up/come
5 (incumplir) eso es faltar a la verdad, that is not telling the truth
faltar uno a su palabra, to break one's word
6 (insultar) faltar a alguien, to be rude to someone: ¡sin faltar!, don't be rude!
(ofender) no era mi intención faltarte al respeto, I didn't mean to be rude to you
♦ Locuciones: ¡lo que faltaba!, that's all it needed!
¡no faltaba más!, (but) of course!
' falta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acrecentar
- adolecer
- ante
- apagada
- apagado
- apercibirse
- apuro
- área
- atonía
- bajeza
- bastarse
- cachondeo
- calor
- carencia
- cometer
- deberse
- debilidad
- delicadeza
- desenfreno
- desgana
- desprecio
- desvergüenza
- dimanar
- distracción
- echar
- educación
- enervar
- enjuagar
- error
- estrechez
- evidenciar
- faltar
- flojedad
- hígado
- incorrección
- informalidad
- injusticia
- inquietud
- inseguridad
- insignificancia
- lastre
- ligereza
- linier
- naturalidad
- ñoñería
- ñoñez
- orden
- osadía
- oscuridad
- pecado
English:
absence
- amiss
- antibiotic
- application
- badly
- carry on
- catch out
- close down
- coordination
- dark
- deficiency
- deprivation
- difference
- diffidence
- disagreement
- disrespect
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall through
- fault
- folding
- foul
- half-heartedness
- hate
- if
- impurity
- infringement
- joblessness
- lack
- liability
- marble
- microphone
- miss
- missing
- mistake
- muscle
- nearly
- necessary
- need
- news
- numb
- off
- out of
- persuasion
- practice
- practise
- remain
- remorselessness
- self-doubt

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falta nf

1. [ausencia] absence;
[carencia] lack; [escasez] shortage;
nadie notó su falta nobody noticed his/its absence;

estos animales tienen falta de cariño these animals suffer from a lack of affection;

en estos momentos hay falta de trabajo there's a shortage of work at the moment;

la falta de agua impide el desarrollo de la región water is in short supply in the region, something which is holding back its development;

estoy cometiendo muchos errores, es la falta de costumbre I'm making a lot of mistakes, I'm out of practice;

fue absuelto por falta de pruebas he was acquitted for lack of evidence;

ha sido una falta de delicadeza decirle eso it was tactless of you to say that to him;

es una falta de educación it's bad manners;

es una falta de respeto it shows a lack of respect;

¡qué o [m5] vaya falta de seriedad! it's disgraceful!;

a falta de in the absence of;

a falta de un sitio mejor, podríamos ir a la playa in the absence of anywhere better, we could always go to the beach;

echar en falta algo/a alguien [notar la ausencia de] to notice that sth/sb is missing;
[echar de menos] to miss sth/sb;
no fuimos de vacaciones por falta de dinero we didn't go on holiday because we didn't have enough money;

si no voy contigo no es por falta de ganas if I don't go with you, it isn't because I don't want to;

sin falta without fail;

hemos de entregar este proyecto el lunes sin falta this project has to be handed in on Monday without fail;

Comp

a falta de pan, buenas son tortas: no es lo ideal, pero a falta de pan, buenas son tortas it's not ideal, but it will have to do for want of anything better

2.
hacer falta [ser necesario] to be necessary;

me hace falta suerte I need some luck;

me haces mucha falta I really need you;

si hiciera falta, llámanos if necessary, call us;

¡hace falta ser caradura!, ¡volver a pedirme dinero! what a nerve, asking me for money again!;

espero que lo traten con disciplina, que buena falta le hace I hope they are strict with him, he certainly needs it o it's high time someone was;

no va a venir, ni falta que hace she isn't coming, not that anyone cares

3. [no asistencia] absence;

me han puesto dos faltas este mes I was marked absent twice this month

Comp
falta de asistencia absence
4. [imperfección] fault;
[defecto de fábrica] defect, flaw;
sacarle faltas a algo/alguien to find fault with sth/sb

5. [infracción] misdemeanour, offence;
[incumplimiento] breach; [error] mistake;
una falta contra la disciplina a breach of discipline;

falta grave/leve serious/minor misdemeanour o offence;

he tenido tres faltas en el dictado I made three mistakes in my dictation

Comp
falta de ortografía spelling mistake; Com falta de pago non-payment
6. Dep [infracción] foul;
[en tenis] fault;
cometer o [m5] hacer una falta to commit a foul;

cometer o [m5] hacer una falta a alguien to foul sb;

señalar una falta to give o award a free kick

Comp
falta antideportiva [en baloncesto] unsportsmanlike foul;
falta libre directa direct free kick offence;

falta libre indirecta indirect free kick offence;

falta personal [en baloncesto] personal foul;

falta de pie [en tenis] foot fault;

falta de saque [en tenis] service fault;

falta técnica [en baloncesto] technical foul

7. Dep [tiro libre] free kick;

marcar de falta to score from a free kick;

lanzar o [m5] sacar una falta to take a free kick

Comp
falta libre directa direct free kick;
falta libre indirecta indirect free kick

8. [en la menstruación] missed period;

ha tenido ya dos faltas she has missed two periods

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falta

f

1 ( escasez) lack, want;

falta de lack of, shortage of;

a o

por falta de due to o for lack of;

por falta de tiempo due to o for o

through lack of time;

por falta de capital for lack of capital

2 ( error) mistake;

sin faltas perfect

3 ( ausencia) absence;

echar en falta a alguien miss s.o.

4 en tenis fault; en fútbol, baloncesto foul;

hacer una falta en fútbol commit a foul, foul;

hacerle falta a alguien foul s.o.;

doble falta en tenis double fault;

cometer doble falta double-fault

5 DEP ( tiro libre) free kick;

lanzar una falta take a free kick;

marcar de falta score from a free kick;

pitar falta blow one’s whistle for a free kick

6

:

hacer falta be necessary;

buena falta le hace it’s about time;

no me hace falta I don’t need it;

ni falta que hace he/it won’t be missed, he’s/it’s no great loss

7

:

sin falta without fail

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falta nf

1) carencia: lack

hacer falta: to be lacking, to be needed

2) defecto: defect, fault, error

3) : offense, misdemeanor

4) : foul (in basketball), fault (in tennis)

* * *

falta n

1. (carencia, escasez) lack / shortage

hubo falta de alimentos there was a shortage of food

2. (ausencia) absence

la profesora le puso una falta the teacher marked him down as absent

3. (error) mistake

una falta de ortografía a spelling mistake

4. (acción censurable) offence

fue una falta de respeto it was very rude of you

5. (en fútbol, baloncesto) foul

cometió una falta he committed a foul

6. (en tenis) fault

echar en falta to miss

echaba en falta a su familia he missed his family

eché en falta varios libros I realized some of my books were missing

hacer falta to need

no hace falta que vengas you don't need to come / there's no need for you to come

te hace falta un bolígrafo rojo you need a red pen

sin falta without fail

Spanish-English dictionary > falta
4 consideración

f.

1 consideration, reflection, deliberation, study.

2 consideration, respect, regard, concern.

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consideración

► nombre femenino

1 (reflexión) consideration, attention

■ este tema merece nuestra consideración this subject deserves our attention

2 (respeto) regard

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

con consideración (respeto) respectfully 2 (cuidado) carefully

de consideración important, serious

■ estaba herido de consideración he was seriously injured

en consideración a considering

por consideración a out of consideration for

■ lo hizo por consideración a su hijo he did it out of consideration for his son

tomar algo en consideración to take something into account, take something into consideration

tratar con consideración to treat with care

tratar sin consideración to treat carelessly

falta de consideración lack of consideration

* * *

noun f.

1) consideration

2) regard

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SF

1) (=deliberación) consideration

ese asunto merece la mayor consideración — that matter deserves serious consideration

• en consideración — under consideration

dos elementos entran en consideración a la hora de decidir — two factors should be taken into consideration when making a decision

• someter algo a la consideración de algn — to put sth to sb for consideration

• tener o tomar algo en consideración — to take sth into consideration

2) (=punto a considerar)

hizo hincapié en la consideración de que... — he stressed the fact that...

aquí pueden hacerse algunas consideraciones — a few points can be made here

tales consideraciones no se ajustan a la realidad — such statements o views do not reflect reality

sin querer entrar en consideraciones acerca de su propia actuación — without entering into a discussion of his actual performance

3) (=concepción) conception

la consideración del idioma como poder político — the conception of language as political power

4) (=importancia) status

tiene la consideración de lengua nacional — it has the status of a national language

de consideración — [herida, daños] serious

daños de poca consideración — minor damage

sufrió quemaduras de diversa consideración — he suffered burns of varying degrees of seriousness

5) (=atención) consideration

eso sería una falta de consideración hacia nuestros invitados — that would be showing a lack of consideration towards our guests

nos trataron con gran consideración — they were very considerate to us

¡qué falta de consideración! — how inconsiderate!

• en consideración a algo/algn — out of consideration for sth/sb

lo dejaron libre en consideración a sus circunstancias — he was released out of consideration for his circumstances

le dieron un premio en consideración a su trabajo — they awarded her a prize in recognition of her work

• sin consideración, tratar a algn sin consideración — to show no consideration for sb

sin consideración a la libertad de la persona — with no regard for personal freedom

• tener consideración a o con algn — to show consideration to sb

no tuvieron ninguna consideración con las víctimas — they showed no consideration for the victims

6) (=estima) regard

tengo una gran consideración por él — I have (a) great regard for him, I hold him in high regard

7) [en cartas]

le saludo con mi más distinguida consideración — frm I remain yours faithfully frm

De mi (mayor) consideración — LAm Dear Sir/Madam

* * *

femenino

a) ( atención) consideration

sometió el tema a su consideración — he put the matter to her for her consideration

en consideración a sus méritos — in recognition of her merits

tomar algo en consideración — to take something into consideration o account

b) ( miramiento) consideration

tuvo muchas consideraciones conmigo — she treated me very considerately

la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella — they treated her most inconsiderately

qué falta de consideración! — how thoughtless!

por consideración a su familia — out of consideration for his family

c) ( importancia)

de consideración — serious

d) (AmL frml) (Corresp)

De mi mayor consideración — Dear Sir/Madam

e) consideraciones femenino plural ( razonamiento) considerations (pl)

* * *

= consideration, regard, respect, decency.

Ex. This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.

Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.

Ex. The authorities had in mind the book's endemic lying, the petty thefts, the denigrations of respect and religion, the bad language and the bad grammar.

Ex. He has a decency and character that is both enviable and especially rare in today's world of expediency and self-service.

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* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.

* con la debida consideración = with due consideration.

* consideraciones económicas = cost considerations.

* consideración práctica = practical consideration.

* con una consideración especial hacia = with particular regard to.

* digno de consideración = worthwhile.

* en consideración = under consideration.

* en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* merecer consideración = merit + consideration.

* por consideración a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.

* tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.

* tomar en consideración = allow for, take into + consideration.

* * *

femenino

a) ( atención) consideration

sometió el tema a su consideración — he put the matter to her for her consideration

en consideración a sus méritos — in recognition of her merits

tomar algo en consideración — to take something into consideration o account

b) ( miramiento) consideration

tuvo muchas consideraciones conmigo — she treated me very considerately

la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella — they treated her most inconsiderately

qué falta de consideración! — how thoughtless!

por consideración a su familia — out of consideration for his family

c) ( importancia)

de consideración — serious

d) (AmL frml) (Corresp)

De mi mayor consideración — Dear Sir/Madam

e) consideraciones femenino plural ( razonamiento) considerations (pl)

* * *

= consideration, regard, respect, decency.

Ex: This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.

Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.

Ex: The authorities had in mind the book's endemic lying, the petty thefts, the denigrations of respect and religion, the bad language and the bad grammar.

Ex: He has a decency and character that is both enviable and especially rare in today's world of expediency and self-service.

* actuar con poca consideración hacia = play + fast and loose with.

* con la debida consideración = with due consideration.

* consideraciones económicas = cost considerations.

* consideración práctica = practical consideration.

* con una consideración especial hacia = with particular regard to.

* digno de consideración = worthwhile.

* en consideración = under consideration.

* en consideración a = for the sake of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* merecer consideración = merit + consideration.

* por consideración a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* sin la debida consideración = without due consideration.

* tener en consideración = take into + consideration, take into + consideration.

* tomar en consideración = allow for, take into + consideration.

* * *

consideración

feminine

1 (atención) consideration

sometió el tema a la consideración de los allí reunidos he put the matter to those present for consideration

en consideración a sus méritos in recognition of her merits

no tuvieron or tomaron en consideración su estado de salud they did not take into consideration o account the state of his health

2 (miramiento) consideration

tuvieron muchas consideraciones conmigo they treated me very considerately o thoughtfully, they showed me a great deal of consideration

la trataron sin ninguna consideración or no tuvieron ninguna consideración con ella they treated her most inconsiderately, they showed her no consideration

¡qué falta de consideración! how thoughtless!

no lo denunciaron por consideración a su familia they didn't report him out of consideration for his family

3

(importancia): de consideración ‹problema› important, serious;

‹herida/daños› serious

4

( AmL frml) ( Corresp): De mi mayor consideración Dear Sir/Madam

5 consideraciones fpl (razonamiento) considerations (pl)

* * *

consideración sustantivo femenino
consideration;
◊ tomar algo en consideración to take sth into consideration o account;

por consideración a su familia out of consideration for his family;
en consideración a sus méritos in recognition of her merits;
la trataron sin ninguna consideración they treated her most inconsiderately;
¡qué falta de consideración! how thoughtless!;
de consideración serious
consideración sustantivo femenino
1 (ponderación, juicio) consideration: no tomes en consideración su observación, don't take his remark into account
2 (respeto a los demás, cuidado) regard
♦ Locuciones: de consideración, (grande) important, considerable
(grave) serious

' consideración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deferencia
- enorme
- ponderación
- respeto
- seria
- serio
- valorar
- vertiente
English:
barge in
- careful
- consideration
- inconsiderate
- primary
- regard
- sustain
- thoughtfully
- thoughtfulness
- thoughtlessly
- thoughtlessness
- decency
- extensive
- light
- respect
- rough
- sir

* * *

consideración nf

1. [reflexión] consideration, factor;

debemos tener en cuenta estas consideraciones we must take these factors into consideration;

tomar en consideración to take into consideration o account;

estas cifras no tienen en consideración el año 1999 these figures do not take 1999 into account

2. [respeto] consideration;

te tengo en mucha consideración I think very highly of you;

tratar algo con consideración to treat sth with respect;

tratar a alguien con consideración to show sb consideration;

falta de consideración lack of consideration;

no tiene ninguna consideración con su madre he is very inconsiderate to his mother, he shows his mother no consideration;
Am
de mi (mayor) consideración [en carta] Dear Sir/Madam

3. [atención] consideration;

en consideración a algo in recognition of sth;

por consideración a o [m5] hacia alguien out of consideration for sb;

tuvieron con él muchas consideraciones they were very considerate to him, they showed him great consideration

4. [importancia]
de consideración serious;

hubo varios heridos de consideración several people were seriously injured;

hubo veinte heridos de diversa consideración there were twenty people with injuries of varying degrees of seriousness

* * *

consideración

f

1 consideration;

en consideración a out of consideration for;

tener o

tomar en consideración take into consideration;

falta de consideración lack of consideration

2

:

de consideración herida serious

* * *

consideración nf, pl - ciones

1) : consideration

2) : respect

3)

de consideración : considerable, important

* * *

consideración n

1. (reflexión) consideration

2. (respecto) respect / regard

de consideración serious

tener/tomar en consideración to take into consideration [pt. took; pp. taken]

Spanish-English dictionary > consideración
5 PC

1) Общая лексика: ПЭВМ, (Permanent Council) ПС (Постоянный совет) (ОБСЕ)

2) Компьютерная техника: Painless Computing, Personal Computing, Personally Configured, Poor Communication, Proactive Computing, Processor Control, Programmable Calculator

3) Геология: Pacific Coast, Pocket Computer

4) Медицина: Prompt Care, primary cell, prenylcysteine

5) Американизм: Penn Charter, Presidents Council, Privatization And Cuts

6) Спорт: Paul's Chips, Pitch Class, Player Characteristic, Player Coach, Pre Christ, Punt Center, Республиканский Совет

7) Латинский язык: Patres Conscripti

8) Военный термин: II PROVIDE COMFORT II, Parallel Computing, Pass Certified, Patrol Coastal, Pay Corps, Paymaster-in-Chief, Pharmacy Corps, Police Corps, Postal Clerk, Power Converter, Procurement Command, Provide Comfort, pack code, panoramic camera, paralyzing concentration, parts catalog, past commander, patrol carrier, patrol commander, patrol craft, pay clerk, performance code, personnel carrier, plane captain, plane commander, port call, positive control, post commander, power control, predictor control, primary center, principal chaplain, procurement coordinator, production control, program change, program control, programmed check, project code, project control, project coordination, projector charge, prophylactic center, prototype concept, pseudocode, purchasing and contracting

9) Техника: Personal Call, current price, paper chromatography, parity check, parity control, partly cash, pay card, perfectly conducting, peripheral controller, personal correction, phase center, photo-cathode, photoconductor, plant computer, plasma chromatography, polar crane, polymer concrete, power center, pressure chamber, prime contractor, private circuit, process computer, process control, process controller, production certificate, professional communication, program console, program coordinator, program costs, project charter, proportional counter, propulsive coefficient, protective clothing, protective coating, pulse counter, показатель концентрации солей

10) Сельское хозяйство: post challenge, prime cost

11) Шутливое выражение: Perfect Computer, Personal Confuser, Plastic Computer

12) Химия: Propylene Carbonate, potential controller

13) Математика: Perfectly Complex, Polar Cycloaddition, исчисление высказываний (propositional calculus), исчисление предикатов (predicate calculus), парное сравнение (paired comparison)

14) Религия: Perfectly Created, Persecuted Christian

15) Метеорология: Program Council

16) Железнодорожный термин: Consolidated Rail Corporation

17) Юридический термин: Partial Conversion, Personal Cause, Personal Copier, Personally Corrupt, Physical Containment, Plain Courtesy, Probable Cause

18) Бухгалтерия: Per Capita, Premier Casting

19) Астрономия: Planetary Contrast

20) Ветеринария: Pet Chihuahua, Pony Club

21) Грубое выражение: Piece Of Crap, Poncey Crap, Pretentious Crap, Pretty Crappy, Pushy Chick

22) Металлургия: первичное охлаждение (primary cooling) (прямого коксового газа)

23) Музыка: Polyphonic Collection

24) Оптика: photoconductive

25) Политика: Pitcairn Islands, Progressive Conservative, политкорректно, политкорректный

26) Радио: Poor Connection, PALAPA-C, диапазон С-Палапа (спутниковый)

27) Телекоммуникации: Path Control, Personal Communications, Program Counter, персональный компьютер

28) Сокращение: (type abbreviation) Patrol craft, Patrol Craft (River; R), Patrol Craft, Fast (USA; F), Peace Corps, PerCent; PerCentage, Personal Computer (IBM wants you to believe a specific kind), Physical Conditioning, Platoon Commander, Player Character, Post Card, Postal & Courier, Printed Circuit (electronics circuit board), Privileged Character, Privy Council, Providence College, Pulse Compression, paid cash, pitch circle, planned cost, plug cock, point of curve, police constable, private contract, production cost, тайный совет (Великобритания) (a privy council), Progressive Conservative party (Canada), Post Cibum (after meals), prime costs, privy councillor

29) Текстиль: Pearl Cotton

30) Университет: Partial Credit, Pomona College

31) Физиология: After Meals, Perforated Cranium, Peripheral Clarity, Phone call, Posterior Cervical, Present Complaint

32) Электроника: Powder Coating, Pre-emphasis Circuits

33) Вычислительная техника: DOS personal computer disk operating system, Priority Control, Protocol Control, parameter checkout, photocell, primary cache, processing complexity, programmable controller, pulse code, pulse controller, punched card, Printed Circuit (IC), Player Character (see, Role-playing), персональный компьютер семейства IBM PC, указатель команд

34) Нефть: photoclinometer, производственный сертификат (production certificate), Peзиcтивимeтpия

35) Иммунология: Primitive Cell

36) Биохимия: phosphatidylcholine

37) Онкология: Prostate Cancer

38) Картография: pilotage chart, point of curvature

39) Банковское дело: мелкие деньги (petty cash), небольшая наличная сумма (petty cash), разменная монета (petty cash), сертификат участия (PC participation certificate)

40) Биотехнология: Pockels cell

41) Геофизика: персональная электронно-вычислительная машина

42) Транспорт: Passenger Car, Politically Correct, Precious Cargo

43) Пищевая промышленность: Pass The Corona, Plant Corn, Pork Chops

44) Силикатное производство: photochromic, portland cement

45) Фирменный знак: PCA Electronics, Prism Card

46) Энергетика: (powderized coal) порошкообразный уголь

47) СМИ: Pervasive Computing, Political Correctness, Program Camera

48) Деловая лексика: Paper Copy, Paying Customer, Person Contacted, Personally Crafted, Planning And Control, Power Compact, Precedents Committee, Product Closure, Production Capability, Production Cup, Professional Corporation, Profit Choice, Profitability Constraint, Purchase Constantly, персональная вычислительная машина (personal computer), частичная загрузка, производственный контракт

49) Бурение: портер-крик (Porter Creek; свита группы мидуэй палеоцена третичной системы), пэйнт-крик (Paint Creek; свита отдела честер миссисипской системы), укороченная бурильная труба (pony collar)

50) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Pressure control, processing center

51) Образование: Perfect For Child, Phrase Command, Physically Challenged, Polite And Courteous

52) Инвестиции: participation certificate, petty cash

53) Сетевые технологии: Personal Cluster, personal computer, ПК, персональный компьютер семейства

54) Полимеры: polycarbonate, polychloroprene, post-chlorinated, potential corrosivity, pressure controller

55) Автоматика: plug control, персональная ЭВМ, программируемый командоаппарат, программируемый контроллер

56) Контроль качества: parameter check-out

57) Химическое оружие: ( KHIMBIOKOM) -\> President's Committee for Conventional Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Project coordinator

58) Авиационная медицина: ( near) point of convergence

59) Макаров: phase comparator, programmable control, programming center, поликарбонат, (plug control) цикловое ПУ

60) Расширение файла: Parametric Cubic, Printed Circuit, Processor Controller, Program Computer, Punch Card, Text file containing IBM PC specific info

61) Нефть и газ: process condensate, performance contract, (Production Crude) Добытая нефть

62) Логистика: physical cases (кейсы, ящики, контейнеры)

63) Военно-политический термин: Political Committee

64) Электротехника: peaking capacity, phase control, power contactor, pulsating current, pulverized coal

65) Имена и фамилии: Prince Charming

66) Ebay. Piece (e.g., "2pc" means the auction comes with two total units)

67) Печатные платы: production capable

68) ООН: Peaceful Coexistance

69) Цемент: plain cement, бездобавочный цемент, клинкерный цемент, цемент без добавок, чистый клинкерный цемент, straight cement

70) Общественная организация: Population Connection, Population Council, Presidential Classroom, Programme Committee, Public Citizen

71) Должность: Paper Carrier, Perfect Corner, Perfectly Comfortable, Personal Consultant, Poetic Chap, Privy Counsellor

72) Чат: Past Caring, Post A Comment, Pretty Chancy, Pretty Cheap, Pretty Clever, Pretty Cool, Pretty Cute

73) Правительство: Pacific Crest, Panama City, Florida, Pepper Canyon, Pine Creek

74) NYSE. P C Holdings, S. A.

75) Аэропорты: система количества мест (Piece Conсept:; as opposed to Weight Conсept)

76) Программное обеспечение: Proof Checker

77) Хобби: Platina Cards

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > PC
6 Pc

1) Общая лексика: ПЭВМ, (Permanent Council) ПС (Постоянный совет) (ОБСЕ)

2) Компьютерная техника: Painless Computing, Personal Computing, Personally Configured, Poor Communication, Proactive Computing, Processor Control, Programmable Calculator

3) Геология: Pacific Coast, Pocket Computer

4) Медицина: Prompt Care, primary cell, prenylcysteine

5) Американизм: Penn Charter, Presidents Council, Privatization And Cuts

6) Спорт: Paul's Chips, Pitch Class, Player Characteristic, Player Coach, Pre Christ, Punt Center, Республиканский Совет

7) Латинский язык: Patres Conscripti

8) Военный термин: II PROVIDE COMFORT II, Parallel Computing, Pass Certified, Patrol Coastal, Pay Corps, Paymaster-in-Chief, Pharmacy Corps, Police Corps, Postal Clerk, Power Converter, Procurement Command, Provide Comfort, pack code, panoramic camera, paralyzing concentration, parts catalog, past commander, patrol carrier, patrol commander, patrol craft, pay clerk, performance code, personnel carrier, plane captain, plane commander, port call, positive control, post commander, power control, predictor control, primary center, principal chaplain, procurement coordinator, production control, program change, program control, programmed check, project code, project control, project coordination, projector charge, prophylactic center, prototype concept, pseudocode, purchasing and contracting

9) Техника: Personal Call, current price, paper chromatography, parity check, parity control, partly cash, pay card, perfectly conducting, peripheral controller, personal correction, phase center, photo-cathode, photoconductor, plant computer, plasma chromatography, polar crane, polymer concrete, power center, pressure chamber, prime contractor, private circuit, process computer, process control, process controller, production certificate, professional communication, program console, program coordinator, program costs, project charter, proportional counter, propulsive coefficient, protective clothing, protective coating, pulse counter, показатель концентрации солей

10) Сельское хозяйство: post challenge, prime cost

11) Шутливое выражение: Perfect Computer, Personal Confuser, Plastic Computer

12) Химия: Propylene Carbonate, potential controller

13) Математика: Perfectly Complex, Polar Cycloaddition, исчисление высказываний (propositional calculus), исчисление предикатов (predicate calculus), парное сравнение (paired comparison)

14) Религия: Perfectly Created, Persecuted Christian

15) Метеорология: Program Council

16) Железнодорожный термин: Consolidated Rail Corporation

17) Юридический термин: Partial Conversion, Personal Cause, Personal Copier, Personally Corrupt, Physical Containment, Plain Courtesy, Probable Cause

18) Бухгалтерия: Per Capita, Premier Casting

19) Астрономия: Planetary Contrast

20) Ветеринария: Pet Chihuahua, Pony Club

21) Грубое выражение: Piece Of Crap, Poncey Crap, Pretentious Crap, Pretty Crappy, Pushy Chick

22) Металлургия: первичное охлаждение (primary cooling) (прямого коксового газа)

23) Музыка: Polyphonic Collection

24) Оптика: photoconductive

25) Политика: Pitcairn Islands, Progressive Conservative, политкорректно, политкорректный

26) Радио: Poor Connection, PALAPA-C, диапазон С-Палапа (спутниковый)

27) Телекоммуникации: Path Control, Personal Communications, Program Counter, персональный компьютер

28) Сокращение: (type abbreviation) Patrol craft, Patrol Craft (River; R), Patrol Craft, Fast (USA; F), Peace Corps, PerCent; PerCentage, Personal Computer (IBM wants you to believe a specific kind), Physical Conditioning, Platoon Commander, Player Character, Post Card, Postal & Courier, Printed Circuit (electronics circuit board), Privileged Character, Privy Council, Providence College, Pulse Compression, paid cash, pitch circle, planned cost, plug cock, point of curve, police constable, private contract, production cost, тайный совет (Великобритания) (a privy council), Progressive Conservative party (Canada), Post Cibum (after meals), prime costs, privy councillor

29) Текстиль: Pearl Cotton

30) Университет: Partial Credit, Pomona College

31) Физиология: After Meals, Perforated Cranium, Peripheral Clarity, Phone call, Posterior Cervical, Present Complaint

32) Электроника: Powder Coating, Pre-emphasis Circuits

33) Вычислительная техника: DOS personal computer disk operating system, Priority Control, Protocol Control, parameter checkout, photocell, primary cache, processing complexity, programmable controller, pulse code, pulse controller, punched card, Printed Circuit (IC), Player Character (see, Role-playing), персональный компьютер семейства IBM PC, указатель команд

34) Нефть: photoclinometer, производственный сертификат (production certificate), Peзиcтивимeтpия

35) Иммунология: Primitive Cell

36) Биохимия: phosphatidylcholine

37) Онкология: Prostate Cancer

38) Картография: pilotage chart, point of curvature

39) Банковское дело: мелкие деньги (petty cash), небольшая наличная сумма (petty cash), разменная монета (petty cash), сертификат участия (PC participation certificate)

40) Биотехнология: Pockels cell

41) Геофизика: персональная электронно-вычислительная машина

42) Транспорт: Passenger Car, Politically Correct, Precious Cargo

43) Пищевая промышленность: Pass The Corona, Plant Corn, Pork Chops

44) Силикатное производство: photochromic, portland cement

45) Фирменный знак: PCA Electronics, Prism Card

46) Энергетика: (powderized coal) порошкообразный уголь

47) СМИ: Pervasive Computing, Political Correctness, Program Camera

48) Деловая лексика: Paper Copy, Paying Customer, Person Contacted, Personally Crafted, Planning And Control, Power Compact, Precedents Committee, Product Closure, Production Capability, Production Cup, Professional Corporation, Profit Choice, Profitability Constraint, Purchase Constantly, персональная вычислительная машина (personal computer), частичная загрузка, производственный контракт

49) Бурение: портер-крик (Porter Creek; свита группы мидуэй палеоцена третичной системы), пэйнт-крик (Paint Creek; свита отдела честер миссисипской системы), укороченная бурильная труба (pony collar)

50) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Pressure control, processing center

51) Образование: Perfect For Child, Phrase Command, Physically Challenged, Polite And Courteous

52) Инвестиции: participation certificate, petty cash

53) Сетевые технологии: Personal Cluster, personal computer, ПК, персональный компьютер семейства

54) Полимеры: polycarbonate, polychloroprene, post-chlorinated, potential corrosivity, pressure controller

55) Автоматика: plug control, персональная ЭВМ, программируемый командоаппарат, программируемый контроллер

56) Контроль качества: parameter check-out

57) Химическое оружие: ( KHIMBIOKOM) -\> President's Committee for Conventional Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Project coordinator

58) Авиационная медицина: ( near) point of convergence

59) Макаров: phase comparator, programmable control, programming center, поликарбонат, (plug control) цикловое ПУ

60) Расширение файла: Parametric Cubic, Printed Circuit, Processor Controller, Program Computer, Punch Card, Text file containing IBM PC specific info

61) Нефть и газ: process condensate, performance contract, (Production Crude) Добытая нефть

62) Логистика: physical cases (кейсы, ящики, контейнеры)

63) Военно-политический термин: Political Committee

64) Электротехника: peaking capacity, phase control, power contactor, pulsating current, pulverized coal

65) Имена и фамилии: Prince Charming

66) Ebay. Piece (e.g., "2pc" means the auction comes with two total units)

67) Печатные платы: production capable

68) ООН: Peaceful Coexistance

69) Цемент: plain cement, бездобавочный цемент, клинкерный цемент, цемент без добавок, чистый клинкерный цемент, straight cement

70) Общественная организация: Population Connection, Population Council, Presidential Classroom, Programme Committee, Public Citizen

71) Должность: Paper Carrier, Perfect Corner, Perfectly Comfortable, Personal Consultant, Poetic Chap, Privy Counsellor

72) Чат: Past Caring, Post A Comment, Pretty Chancy, Pretty Cheap, Pretty Clever, Pretty Cool, Pretty Cute

73) Правительство: Pacific Crest, Panama City, Florida, Pepper Canyon, Pine Creek

74) NYSE. P C Holdings, S. A.

75) Аэропорты: система количества мест (Piece Conсept:; as opposed to Weight Conсept)

76) Программное обеспечение: Proof Checker

77) Хобби: Platina Cards

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Pc
7 pC

1) Общая лексика: ПЭВМ, (Permanent Council) ПС (Постоянный совет) (ОБСЕ)

2) Компьютерная техника: Painless Computing, Personal Computing, Personally Configured, Poor Communication, Proactive Computing, Processor Control, Programmable Calculator

3) Геология: Pacific Coast, Pocket Computer

4) Медицина: Prompt Care, primary cell, prenylcysteine

5) Американизм: Penn Charter, Presidents Council, Privatization And Cuts

6) Спорт: Paul's Chips, Pitch Class, Player Characteristic, Player Coach, Pre Christ, Punt Center, Республиканский Совет

7) Латинский язык: Patres Conscripti

8) Военный термин: II PROVIDE COMFORT II, Parallel Computing, Pass Certified, Patrol Coastal, Pay Corps, Paymaster-in-Chief, Pharmacy Corps, Police Corps, Postal Clerk, Power Converter, Procurement Command, Provide Comfort, pack code, panoramic camera, paralyzing concentration, parts catalog, past commander, patrol carrier, patrol commander, patrol craft, pay clerk, performance code, personnel carrier, plane captain, plane commander, port call, positive control, post commander, power control, predictor control, primary center, principal chaplain, procurement coordinator, production control, program change, program control, programmed check, project code, project control, project coordination, projector charge, prophylactic center, prototype concept, pseudocode, purchasing and contracting

9) Техника: Personal Call, current price, paper chromatography, parity check, parity control, partly cash, pay card, perfectly conducting, peripheral controller, personal correction, phase center, photo-cathode, photoconductor, plant computer, plasma chromatography, polar crane, polymer concrete, power center, pressure chamber, prime contractor, private circuit, process computer, process control, process controller, production certificate, professional communication, program console, program coordinator, program costs, project charter, proportional counter, propulsive coefficient, protective clothing, protective coating, pulse counter, показатель концентрации солей

10) Сельское хозяйство: post challenge, prime cost

11) Шутливое выражение: Perfect Computer, Personal Confuser, Plastic Computer

12) Химия: Propylene Carbonate, potential controller

13) Математика: Perfectly Complex, Polar Cycloaddition, исчисление высказываний (propositional calculus), исчисление предикатов (predicate calculus), парное сравнение (paired comparison)

14) Религия: Perfectly Created, Persecuted Christian

15) Метеорология: Program Council

16) Железнодорожный термин: Consolidated Rail Corporation

17) Юридический термин: Partial Conversion, Personal Cause, Personal Copier, Personally Corrupt, Physical Containment, Plain Courtesy, Probable Cause

18) Бухгалтерия: Per Capita, Premier Casting

19) Астрономия: Planetary Contrast

20) Ветеринария: Pet Chihuahua, Pony Club

21) Грубое выражение: Piece Of Crap, Poncey Crap, Pretentious Crap, Pretty Crappy, Pushy Chick

22) Металлургия: первичное охлаждение (primary cooling) (прямого коксового газа)

23) Музыка: Polyphonic Collection

24) Оптика: photoconductive

25) Политика: Pitcairn Islands, Progressive Conservative, политкорректно, политкорректный

26) Радио: Poor Connection, PALAPA-C, диапазон С-Палапа (спутниковый)

27) Телекоммуникации: Path Control, Personal Communications, Program Counter, персональный компьютер

28) Сокращение: (type abbreviation) Patrol craft, Patrol Craft (River; R), Patrol Craft, Fast (USA; F), Peace Corps, PerCent; PerCentage, Personal Computer (IBM wants you to believe a specific kind), Physical Conditioning, Platoon Commander, Player Character, Post Card, Postal & Courier, Printed Circuit (electronics circuit board), Privileged Character, Privy Council, Providence College, Pulse Compression, paid cash, pitch circle, planned cost, plug cock, point of curve, police constable, private contract, production cost, тайный совет (Великобритания) (a privy council), Progressive Conservative party (Canada), Post Cibum (after meals), prime costs, privy councillor

29) Текстиль: Pearl Cotton

30) Университет: Partial Credit, Pomona College

31) Физиология: After Meals, Perforated Cranium, Peripheral Clarity, Phone call, Posterior Cervical, Present Complaint

32) Электроника: Powder Coating, Pre-emphasis Circuits

33) Вычислительная техника: DOS personal computer disk operating system, Priority Control, Protocol Control, parameter checkout, photocell, primary cache, processing complexity, programmable controller, pulse code, pulse controller, punched card, Printed Circuit (IC), Player Character (see, Role-playing), персональный компьютер семейства IBM PC, указатель команд

34) Нефть: photoclinometer, производственный сертификат (production certificate), Peзиcтивимeтpия

35) Иммунология: Primitive Cell

36) Биохимия: phosphatidylcholine

37) Онкология: Prostate Cancer

38) Картография: pilotage chart, point of curvature

39) Банковское дело: мелкие деньги (petty cash), небольшая наличная сумма (petty cash), разменная монета (petty cash), сертификат участия (PC participation certificate)

40) Биотехнология: Pockels cell

41) Геофизика: персональная электронно-вычислительная машина

42) Транспорт: Passenger Car, Politically Correct, Precious Cargo

43) Пищевая промышленность: Pass The Corona, Plant Corn, Pork Chops

44) Силикатное производство: photochromic, portland cement

45) Фирменный знак: PCA Electronics, Prism Card

46) Энергетика: (powderized coal) порошкообразный уголь

47) СМИ: Pervasive Computing, Political Correctness, Program Camera

48) Деловая лексика: Paper Copy, Paying Customer, Person Contacted, Personally Crafted, Planning And Control, Power Compact, Precedents Committee, Product Closure, Production Capability, Production Cup, Professional Corporation, Profit Choice, Profitability Constraint, Purchase Constantly, персональная вычислительная машина (personal computer), частичная загрузка, производственный контракт

49) Бурение: портер-крик (Porter Creek; свита группы мидуэй палеоцена третичной системы), пэйнт-крик (Paint Creek; свита отдела честер миссисипской системы), укороченная бурильная труба (pony collar)

50) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Pressure control, processing center

51) Образование: Perfect For Child, Phrase Command, Physically Challenged, Polite And Courteous

52) Инвестиции: participation certificate, petty cash

53) Сетевые технологии: Personal Cluster, personal computer, ПК, персональный компьютер семейства

54) Полимеры: polycarbonate, polychloroprene, post-chlorinated, potential corrosivity, pressure controller

55) Автоматика: plug control, персональная ЭВМ, программируемый командоаппарат, программируемый контроллер

56) Контроль качества: parameter check-out

57) Химическое оружие: ( KHIMBIOKOM) -\> President's Committee for Conventional Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Project coordinator

58) Авиационная медицина: ( near) point of convergence

59) Макаров: phase comparator, programmable control, programming center, поликарбонат, (plug control) цикловое ПУ

60) Расширение файла: Parametric Cubic, Printed Circuit, Processor Controller, Program Computer, Punch Card, Text file containing IBM PC specific info

61) Нефть и газ: process condensate, performance contract, (Production Crude) Добытая нефть

62) Логистика: physical cases (кейсы, ящики, контейнеры)

63) Военно-политический термин: Political Committee

64) Электротехника: peaking capacity, phase control, power contactor, pulsating current, pulverized coal

65) Имена и фамилии: Prince Charming

66) Ebay. Piece (e.g., "2pc" means the auction comes with two total units)

67) Печатные платы: production capable

68) ООН: Peaceful Coexistance

69) Цемент: plain cement, бездобавочный цемент, клинкерный цемент, цемент без добавок, чистый клинкерный цемент, straight cement

70) Общественная организация: Population Connection, Population Council, Presidential Classroom, Programme Committee, Public Citizen

71) Должность: Paper Carrier, Perfect Corner, Perfectly Comfortable, Personal Consultant, Poetic Chap, Privy Counsellor

72) Чат: Past Caring, Post A Comment, Pretty Chancy, Pretty Cheap, Pretty Clever, Pretty Cool, Pretty Cute

73) Правительство: Pacific Crest, Panama City, Florida, Pepper Canyon, Pine Creek

74) NYSE. P C Holdings, S. A.

75) Аэропорты: система количества мест (Piece Conсept:; as opposed to Weight Conсept)

76) Программное обеспечение: Proof Checker

77) Хобби: Platina Cards

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > pC
8 pc

1) Общая лексика: ПЭВМ, (Permanent Council) ПС (Постоянный совет) (ОБСЕ)

2) Компьютерная техника: Painless Computing, Personal Computing, Personally Configured, Poor Communication, Proactive Computing, Processor Control, Programmable Calculator

3) Геология: Pacific Coast, Pocket Computer

4) Медицина: Prompt Care, primary cell, prenylcysteine

5) Американизм: Penn Charter, Presidents Council, Privatization And Cuts

6) Спорт: Paul's Chips, Pitch Class, Player Characteristic, Player Coach, Pre Christ, Punt Center, Республиканский Совет

7) Латинский язык: Patres Conscripti

8) Военный термин: II PROVIDE COMFORT II, Parallel Computing, Pass Certified, Patrol Coastal, Pay Corps, Paymaster-in-Chief, Pharmacy Corps, Police Corps, Postal Clerk, Power Converter, Procurement Command, Provide Comfort, pack code, panoramic camera, paralyzing concentration, parts catalog, past commander, patrol carrier, patrol commander, patrol craft, pay clerk, performance code, personnel carrier, plane captain, plane commander, port call, positive control, post commander, power control, predictor control, primary center, principal chaplain, procurement coordinator, production control, program change, program control, programmed check, project code, project control, project coordination, projector charge, prophylactic center, prototype concept, pseudocode, purchasing and contracting

9) Техника: Personal Call, current price, paper chromatography, parity check, parity control, partly cash, pay card, perfectly conducting, peripheral controller, personal correction, phase center, photo-cathode, photoconductor, plant computer, plasma chromatography, polar crane, polymer concrete, power center, pressure chamber, prime contractor, private circuit, process computer, process control, process controller, production certificate, professional communication, program console, program coordinator, program costs, project charter, proportional counter, propulsive coefficient, protective clothing, protective coating, pulse counter, показатель концентрации солей

10) Сельское хозяйство: post challenge, prime cost

11) Шутливое выражение: Perfect Computer, Personal Confuser, Plastic Computer

12) Химия: Propylene Carbonate, potential controller

13) Математика: Perfectly Complex, Polar Cycloaddition, исчисление высказываний (propositional calculus), исчисление предикатов (predicate calculus), парное сравнение (paired comparison)

14) Религия: Perfectly Created, Persecuted Christian

15) Метеорология: Program Council

16) Железнодорожный термин: Consolidated Rail Corporation

17) Юридический термин: Partial Conversion, Personal Cause, Personal Copier, Personally Corrupt, Physical Containment, Plain Courtesy, Probable Cause

18) Бухгалтерия: Per Capita, Premier Casting

19) Астрономия: Planetary Contrast

20) Ветеринария: Pet Chihuahua, Pony Club

21) Грубое выражение: Piece Of Crap, Poncey Crap, Pretentious Crap, Pretty Crappy, Pushy Chick

22) Металлургия: первичное охлаждение (primary cooling) (прямого коксового газа)

23) Музыка: Polyphonic Collection

24) Оптика: photoconductive

25) Политика: Pitcairn Islands, Progressive Conservative, политкорректно, политкорректный

26) Радио: Poor Connection, PALAPA-C, диапазон С-Палапа (спутниковый)

27) Телекоммуникации: Path Control, Personal Communications, Program Counter, персональный компьютер

28) Сокращение: (type abbreviation) Patrol craft, Patrol Craft (River; R), Patrol Craft, Fast (USA; F), Peace Corps, PerCent; PerCentage, Personal Computer (IBM wants you to believe a specific kind), Physical Conditioning, Platoon Commander, Player Character, Post Card, Postal & Courier, Printed Circuit (electronics circuit board), Privileged Character, Privy Council, Providence College, Pulse Compression, paid cash, pitch circle, planned cost, plug cock, point of curve, police constable, private contract, production cost, тайный совет (Великобритания) (a privy council), Progressive Conservative party (Canada), Post Cibum (after meals), prime costs, privy councillor

29) Текстиль: Pearl Cotton

30) Университет: Partial Credit, Pomona College

31) Физиология: After Meals, Perforated Cranium, Peripheral Clarity, Phone call, Posterior Cervical, Present Complaint

32) Электроника: Powder Coating, Pre-emphasis Circuits

33) Вычислительная техника: DOS personal computer disk operating system, Priority Control, Protocol Control, parameter checkout, photocell, primary cache, processing complexity, programmable controller, pulse code, pulse controller, punched card, Printed Circuit (IC), Player Character (see, Role-playing), персональный компьютер семейства IBM PC, указатель команд

34) Нефть: photoclinometer, производственный сертификат (production certificate), Peзиcтивимeтpия

35) Иммунология: Primitive Cell

36) Биохимия: phosphatidylcholine

37) Онкология: Prostate Cancer

38) Картография: pilotage chart, point of curvature

39) Банковское дело: мелкие деньги (petty cash), небольшая наличная сумма (petty cash), разменная монета (petty cash), сертификат участия (PC participation certificate)

40) Биотехнология: Pockels cell

41) Геофизика: персональная электронно-вычислительная машина

42) Транспорт: Passenger Car, Politically Correct, Precious Cargo

43) Пищевая промышленность: Pass The Corona, Plant Corn, Pork Chops

44) Силикатное производство: photochromic, portland cement

45) Фирменный знак: PCA Electronics, Prism Card

46) Энергетика: (powderized coal) порошкообразный уголь

47) СМИ: Pervasive Computing, Political Correctness, Program Camera

48) Деловая лексика: Paper Copy, Paying Customer, Person Contacted, Personally Crafted, Planning And Control, Power Compact, Precedents Committee, Product Closure, Production Capability, Production Cup, Professional Corporation, Profit Choice, Profitability Constraint, Purchase Constantly, персональная вычислительная машина (personal computer), частичная загрузка, производственный контракт

49) Бурение: портер-крик (Porter Creek; свита группы мидуэй палеоцена третичной системы), пэйнт-крик (Paint Creek; свита отдела честер миссисипской системы), укороченная бурильная труба (pony collar)

50) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: Pressure control, processing center

51) Образование: Perfect For Child, Phrase Command, Physically Challenged, Polite And Courteous

52) Инвестиции: participation certificate, petty cash

53) Сетевые технологии: Personal Cluster, personal computer, ПК, персональный компьютер семейства

54) Полимеры: polycarbonate, polychloroprene, post-chlorinated, potential corrosivity, pressure controller

55) Автоматика: plug control, персональная ЭВМ, программируемый командоаппарат, программируемый контроллер

56) Контроль качества: parameter check-out

57) Химическое оружие: ( KHIMBIOKOM) -\> President's Committee for Conventional Problems of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Project coordinator

58) Авиационная медицина: ( near) point of convergence

59) Макаров: phase comparator, programmable control, programming center, поликарбонат, (plug control) цикловое ПУ

60) Расширение файла: Parametric Cubic, Printed Circuit, Processor Controller, Program Computer, Punch Card, Text file containing IBM PC specific info

61) Нефть и газ: process condensate, performance contract, (Production Crude) Добытая нефть

62) Логистика: physical cases (кейсы, ящики, контейнеры)

63) Военно-политический термин: Political Committee

64) Электротехника: peaking capacity, phase control, power contactor, pulsating current, pulverized coal

65) Имена и фамилии: Prince Charming

66) Ebay. Piece (e.g., "2pc" means the auction comes with two total units)

67) Печатные платы: production capable

68) ООН: Peaceful Coexistance

69) Цемент: plain cement, бездобавочный цемент, клинкерный цемент, цемент без добавок, чистый клинкерный цемент, straight cement

70) Общественная организация: Population Connection, Population Council, Presidential Classroom, Programme Committee, Public Citizen

71) Должность: Paper Carrier, Perfect Corner, Perfectly Comfortable, Personal Consultant, Poetic Chap, Privy Counsellor

72) Чат: Past Caring, Post A Comment, Pretty Chancy, Pretty Cheap, Pretty Clever, Pretty Cool, Pretty Cute

73) Правительство: Pacific Crest, Panama City, Florida, Pepper Canyon, Pine Creek

74) NYSE. P C Holdings, S. A.

75) Аэропорты: система количества мест (Piece Conсept:; as opposed to Weight Conсept)

76) Программное обеспечение: Proof Checker

77) Хобби: Platina Cards

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > pc
9 delincuencia

f.

1 crime.

está aumentando la delincuencia crime is on the increase

delincuencia juvenil juvenile delinquency

2 delinquency, crime.

* * *

delincuencia

► nombre femenino

1 delinquency

* * *

SF crime

las cifras de la delincuencia — the incidence of crime

delincuencia de menores, delincuencia juvenil — juvenile delinquency

delincuencia informática — computer crime

delincuencia menor — petty crime

* * *

femenino crime, delinquency (frml)

- delincuencia juvenil

* * *

= crime, criminality, delinquency.

Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

Ex. Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.

Ex. Libraries can play a role in countering social problems such as gangsterism, delinquency, illiteracy and vagrancy.

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* delincuencia callejera = street crime.

* delincuencia juvenil = juvenile delinquency.

* hacer frente a la delincuencia = tackle + crime.

* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.

* relacionado con la delincuencia = crime-related.

* * *

femenino crime, delinquency (frml)

- delincuencia juvenil

* * *

= crime, criminality, delinquency.

Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.

Ex: Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.

Ex: Libraries can play a role in countering social problems such as gangsterism, delinquency, illiteracy and vagrancy.

* delincuencia callejera = street crime.

* delincuencia juvenil = juvenile delinquency.

* hacer frente a la delincuencia = tackle + crime.

* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.

* relacionado con la delincuencia = crime-related.

* * *

delincuencia

feminine

crime, delinquency ( frml)

la delincuencia sigue en aumento crime is on the increase

Compuestos:

● delincuencia juvenil

juvenile delinquency

● delincuencia menor

petty crime

* * *

delincuencia sustantivo femenino
crime, delinquency (frml);
◊ delincuencia juvenil juvenile delinquency

delincuencia sustantivo femenino delinquency, crime

' delincuencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
juvenil
- hervidero
- semillero
English:
breeding ground
- crime
- delinquency
- exhaustive
- growing
- juvenile delinquency
- war

* * *

delincuencia nf

crime;

la delincuencia aumentó durante el último año crime increased last year

Comp
delincuencia informática computer crime;
delincuencia juvenil juvenile delinquency;

delincuencia organizada organized crime

* * *

delincuencia

f crime

* * *

delincuencia nf

: delinquency, crime

* * *

delincuencia n crime

Spanish-English dictionary > delincuencia
10 indigente

adj.

1 destitute, poor.

2 indigent, disadvantaged, poor, destitute.

f. & m.

1 poor person.

2 pauper, poor person, indigent, tramp.

3 bag lady.

* * *

indigente

► adjetivo

1 indigent, poverty-stricken

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 poor person

■ los indigentes the needy

* * *

1.

ADJ destitute

2.

SMF destitute person

* * *
I
adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)
II
masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)

los indigentes — the destitute

* * *

= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.

Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.

Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Ex. This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex. A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.

Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.

Ex. Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.

Ex. I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.

Ex. His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

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* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.

* indigentes, los = destitute, the.

* * *
I
adjetivo (frml) destitute, indigent (frml)
II
masculino y femenino (frml) indigent (frml)

los indigentes — the destitute

* * *

= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, impecunious, indigent, destitute, vagrant, bag lady, pauper, shopping-bag lady, bagwoman, bagman.

Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.

Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Ex: This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex: A sample of New York City's vagrant females were interviewed in the main bag lady territory in Manhattan.

Ex: Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.

Ex: Shopping-bag ladies do not overtly beg, but they do not refuse what is offered.

Ex: I've always been afraid of somehow winding up as a bagwoman in the streets.

Ex: His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

* albergue para indigentes = poorhouse.

* indigentes, los = destitute, the.

* * *

indigente¹

adjective

( frml); destitute, indigent ( frml)

indigente²

masculine and feminine

( frml)

indigent ( frml)

los indigentes the destitute

* * *

indigente adj frml poverty-stricken
' indigente' also found in these entries:
English:
destitute

* * *

indigente

♦ adj

poor, destitute

♦ nmf

poor person;

los indigentes the poor, the destitute

* * *

indigente

I adj destitute

II m/f poor person;

los indigentes the poor pl

* * *

indigente adj & nmf

: indigent

Spanish-English dictionary > indigente
11 relacionado con

prep.

pertaining to, pertinent to.

* * *

(adj.) = concerned with, concerning, connected with, regarding, relating to, allied to/with, incumbent in, attendant upon, germane to, related to, correlated (to/with)

Ex. This section introduces some definitions of common terms concerned with the tools for the organisation of knowledge.

Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex. He said they try to arrange special visits to cultural institutions and attend concerts, and that the kids have an opportunity to speak with people connected with the event afterwards.

Ex. In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.

Ex. Recommendations relating to analytical cataloguing practices concern themselves primarily with the way in which the part of a document or work to be accessed is described.

Ex. Closely allied with structural policy are a number of measures concerning agricultural research and veterinary matters.

Ex. This article highlights the problems incumbent in such an undertaking, its success and failures.

Ex. Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.

Ex. The author discusses various ethical issues which are germane to the global information age.

Ex. Other office equipment to be found in libraries may include: Adding machines or calculators to cope with statistics related to petty cash, issues, membership, etc.

Ex. Also correlated to this is the reputation of the people who write the abstracts.

* * *

(adj.) = concerned with, concerning, connected with, regarding, relating to, allied to/with, incumbent in, attendant upon, germane to, related to, correlated (to/with)

Ex: This section introduces some definitions of common terms concerned with the tools for the organisation of knowledge.

Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex: He said they try to arrange special visits to cultural institutions and attend concerts, and that the kids have an opportunity to speak with people connected with the event afterwards.

Ex: In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.

Ex: Recommendations relating to analytical cataloguing practices concern themselves primarily with the way in which the part of a document or work to be accessed is described.

Ex: Closely allied with structural policy are a number of measures concerning agricultural research and veterinary matters.

Ex: This article highlights the problems incumbent in such an undertaking, its success and failures.

Ex: Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.

Ex: The author discusses various ethical issues which are germane to the global information age.

Ex: Other office equipment to be found in libraries may include: Adding machines or calculators to cope with statistics related to petty cash, issues, membership, etc.

Ex: Also correlated to this is the reputation of the people who write the abstracts.

Spanish-English dictionary > relacionado con
12 retrasado mental

adj.

mentally retarded, feeble-minded, mentally deficient, moronic.

m.

mentally retarded person, moron, cretin, retarded person.

* * *

(adj.) = mentally retarded person, mentally backward

Ex. This article describes the problems for mentally retarded and learning disabled persons in keeping informed because news and information language is too difficult to understand and they cannot keep up with its pace.

Ex. When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

* * *

(adj.) = mentally retarded person, mentally backward

Ex: This article describes the problems for mentally retarded and learning disabled persons in keeping informed because news and information language is too difficult to understand and they cannot keep up with its pace.

Ex: When the security services carry out acts of terror, they employ patsies who often are petty criminals or people who are mentally backward or mentally unstable.

Spanish-English dictionary > retrasado mental
13 vagabundo

adj.

vagabond, do-nothing, stray, footloose.

m.

vagabond, loafer, bum, do-nothing.

* * *

vagabundo

► adjetivo

1 wandering, roving

2 peyorativo vagrant

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (trotamundos) wanderer, rover

2 peyorativo vagrant, tramp, US hobo

3 (sin casa) tramp, US hobo

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FRASEOLOGÍA

perro vagabundo stray dog

* * *

(f. - vagabunda)

noun

rover, vagabond

* * *
vagabundo, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=errante) [persona] wandering, roving; [perro] stray

2) (=pordiosero) vagabond frm; pey vagrant

2. SM/ F

1) (=persona errante) wanderer, rover

2) (=pordiosero) vagabond frm, tramp, bum (EEUU); pey vagrant

* * *
I
- da adjetivo < perro> stray

niños vagabundos — street urchins
II
- da masculino, femenino tramp, vagrant

* * *

= vagabond, transient, homeless man [homeless people, -pl.], tramp, vagrant, rover, errant, swagman, hobo [hoboes/hobos, -pl.], bagman.

Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND vagabonds.

Ex. The librarian would at the end of such a search have a list of terms such as the following: emigres, evacuees, fugitives, immigration, migrants, migration, naturalisation, population transfers, transients.

Ex. This article presents the issue of library use by homeless people in the form of two alternating fictional monologues, one in the mind of a homeless man, the other in the mind of a library official.

Ex. These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex. This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.

Ex. She was the type of kid who was always coming home with a new pet and we're not talking about your standard kitten in a shoebox or errant neighborhood mutt.

Ex. After colonisation, swagmen wandered the countryside looking for work, looking for gold, running from something, seeking inspiration, or just living off the land.

Ex. Chicago became the " Hobo Capital of America" during the late nineteenth century.

Ex. His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

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* hacerse un vagabundo = take to + the road.

* pensión para vagabundos = flophouse.

* vagabundos = homeless people.

* vagabundos, los = homeless, the.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo < perro> stray

niños vagabundos — street urchins
II
- da masculino, femenino tramp, vagrant

* * *

= vagabond, transient, homeless man [homeless people, -pl.], tramp, vagrant, rover, errant, swagman, hobo [hoboes/hobos, -pl.], bagman.

Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND vagabonds.

Ex: The librarian would at the end of such a search have a list of terms such as the following: emigres, evacuees, fugitives, immigration, migrants, migration, naturalisation, population transfers, transients.

Ex: This article presents the issue of library use by homeless people in the form of two alternating fictional monologues, one in the mind of a homeless man, the other in the mind of a library official.

Ex: These indigents, known to the public as tramps & skid row winos, are very visible & more likely to be arrested for drunkenness & other petty offenses than a person with a permanent home.

Ex: This paper outlines the problems caused by vagrants who use public libraries as a refuge.

Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.

Ex: She was the type of kid who was always coming home with a new pet and we're not talking about your standard kitten in a shoebox or errant neighborhood mutt.

Ex: After colonisation, swagmen wandered the countryside looking for work, looking for gold, running from something, seeking inspiration, or just living off the land.

Ex: Chicago became the " Hobo Capital of America" during the late nineteenth century.

Ex: His hand went to the pistol in his belt as he turned and found a ragged, filthy bagman looking up at him from beneath a blanket of newspapers.

* hacerse un vagabundo = take to + the road.

* pensión para vagabundos = flophouse.

* vagabundos = homeless people.

* vagabundos, los = homeless, the.

* * *

vagabundo¹ -da

adjective

‹perro› stray

niños vagabundos street urchins

vagabundo² -da

masculine, feminine

hobo ( AmE), tramp ( BrE), vagabond ( liter)

* * *

vagabundo
◊ -da adjetivo ‹ perro› stray;

niños vagabundos street urchins
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
tramp, vagrant
vagabundo,-a
I adj (sin rumbo cierto) wandering
(perro) stray dog
II m,f (errante) wanderer
(sin hogar) vagrant, tramp

' vagabundo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vagabunda
- atorrante
English:
bum
- down-and-out
- hobo
- roaming
- runabout
- tramp
- vagrant
- vagabond

* * *

vagabundo, -a

♦ adj
[persona] vagrant; [perro] stray
♦ nm,f

1. [sin domicilio] tramp, vagrant, US bum

2. Ven [sinvergüenza] crook

* * *

vagabundo

I adj perro stray

II m, vagabunda f hobo, Br

tramp

* * *

vagabundo, -da adj

1) errante: wandering

2) : stray

vagabundo, -da n

: vagrant, bum, vagabond

* * *

vagabundo n tramp

Spanish-English dictionary > vagabundo
14 session

ˈseʃən сущ.
1) заседание, собрание, совещание a session on ≈ заседание посвященное (чему-л.) to hold a special session on problems of air pollution ≈ проводить специальное заседание по вопросам загрязнения воздуха to hold a session ≈ проводить заседание biennial session ≈ сессия, созываемая раз в два года briefing session ≈ информационное совещание, брифинг bull session, rap session ≈, разг. разговоры, беседа в мужской компании jam session ≈ исполнение импровизаций и экспромтов джазовым оркестром joint session ≈ совместное заседание plenary session ≈ пленарное заседание rump session ≈ "сессия охвостья" (сессия законодательного собрания с неполным представительством) special session ≈ внеочередная сессия, экстренное заседание split session ≈ разделенная сессия working session ≈ рабочее заседание Syn: sitting, meeting
2) сессия а) парламентская, судебная Court of Session ≈ Шотландский Верховный гражданский суд panic session ≈ кризисная сессия (сессия законодательного собрания, созванная под влиянием паники или какой-либо кризисной ситуации) petty sessions ≈ судебное заседание в присутствии нескольких мировых судей без присяжных заседателей secret session ≈ закрытая сессия summer session ≈ летний курс (платный лекционный учебный цикл, предлагаемый в некоторых университетах) б) музыкальная a session musician ≈ сессионный музыкант в) вчт. сеанс работы пользователя с системой
3) а) учебный семестр или триместр( в шотл. и американских университетах) б) амер. занятия, учебное время в школе
5) амер. разг. время, занятое чем-л. (особ. чем-л. неприятным) заседание, собрание, совещание - plenary * пленарное заседание - private /secret/ * закрытое заседание - *s of a commission заседание комиссии - to be in * заседать - the Senate is now in * в сенате идут заседания, сенат сейчас работает - they had a long * они долго заседали - to go into secret * обсуждать на закрытом заседании (что-л.) - to have a * on smth. совещаться по какому-л. вопросу (юридическое) судебное заседание;
день судебного заседания - closed * закрытое заседание суда - in full * в открытом судебном заседании - to be in * заседать (о суде) (the *s) суд четвертных, квартальных сессий (съезды мировых судей графства, созываемые четыре раза в год, рассматривающие уголовные и гражданские дела) (американизм) суд, заседающий раз в три месяца сессия (судебная, парламентская) - autumn * осенняя сессия парламента - extraordinary * чрезвычайная сессия - to present bills at this * of Parliament внести законопроекты на обсуждение текущей сессии парламента - Court of S. Сессионный суд (высший суд Шотландии по гражданским делам) учебный триместр или семестр - Summer *s (летние) курсы усовершенствования преподавателей учебный год( в некоторых университетах) (американизм) занятия;
учебное время - six and eight week *s шестинедельный и восьминедельный курсы обучения - most of these schools have night *s во многих из этих школ проводятся вечерние занятия( американизм) (разговорное) время, занятое чем-л. (особ. чем-л. неприятным) - he had quite a * with the policeman у него был долгий и неприятный разговор с полицейским встреча для какой-л. цели - dancing * вечер с танцами - card * встреча для игры в карты;
переброситься в картишки - recording * сеанс звукозаписи - a few kids gor together for a study * несколько ребят собралось, чтобы вместе позаниматься( австралийское) (сленг) групповая пьянка( компьютерное) сеанс (работы пользователя с системой) (редкое) сидячее положение autumn ~ осеннее заседание autumn ~ парл. осенняя сессия ~ заседание;
to be in session заседать, быть в сборе briefing ~ инструктивное заседание ~ сессия (парламентская, судебная) ;
Court of Session Шотландский Верховный гражданский суд court ~ заседание суда editing ~ вчт. сеанс редактирования emergency ~ чрезвычайная сессия extraordinary ~ парл. чрезвычайная сессия general ~ генеральная сессия main ~ основное заседание ordinary examination ~ обычная экзаменационная сессия ordinary ~ обычное заседание parliamentary ~ заседание парламента parliamentary ~ сессия парламента petty ~s судебное заседание в присутствии нескольких мировых судей без присяжных заседателей plenary ~ заседание в полном составе plenary ~ пленарное заседание session разг. время, занятое (чем-л.) (особ. чем-л. неприятным) ~ амер. занятия, учебное время в школе ~ заседание;
to be in session заседать, быть в сборе ~ заседание ~ вчт. сеанс ~ сессия (парламентская, судебная) ;
Court of Session Шотландский Верховный гражданский суд ~ сессия ~ сессия парламента ~ собрание ~ совещание ~ судебное заседание ~ учебный семестр (в шотл. и американских университетах) ;
summer session летние курсы при университете ~ of court судебное заседание spring ~ весенняя сессия ~ учебный семестр (в шотл. и американских университетах) ;
summer session летние курсы при университете terminal ~ вчт. сеанс диалога user ~ вчт. сеанс пользователя

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > session
15 menor2

² = minor, reduced, slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], low-key [low key], lesser, lower-key, diminished, low-keyed.

Ex. A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.

Ex. The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.

Ex. The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.

Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex. The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.

Ex. After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.

Ex. This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.

Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

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* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.

* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].

* delito menor = petty offense, petty crime, minor offence.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.

* de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact].

* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.

* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de venta al por menor = retail.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.

* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.

* en menor cantidad = less copiously.

* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.

* en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.

* menor de + Número = fewer than + Número.

* menor, el = least, the.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* paños menores = undies.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.

* ser menor = be less.

* símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<), less-than sign (<).

* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.

* sin la menor idea = clueless.

* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.

* vender al por menor = retail.

* venta al por menor = retailing, retail trade.

* ventas al por menor = retail sales.

Spanish-English dictionary > menor2
16 menor

adj.

1 smaller.

2 younger, junior.

3 minor, lesser.

f. & m.

minor (law) (child).

m.

1 minor, young man, youngster.

2 minor, young girl.

* * *

menor

► adjetivo

1 (comparativo - en tamaño) smaller; (- en calidad, importancia) lesser; (- en edad) younger

■ necesito una talla menor I need a smaller size

■ se corre menor peligro it's less dangerous

■ mi hermano menor my younger brother

2 (superlativo - en tamaño) smallest; (- en calidad, importancia) least; (- en edad) youngest

■ cogió el trozo de menos tamaño she took the smallest piece

■ no tiene la menor importancia it's not at all important

■ su hermano menor se quedará en casa his youngest brother is going to stay at home

3 (inferior) minor

4 MÚSICA minor

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 DERECHO minor

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al por menor retail

apto,-a para menores (gen) suitable for all ages 2 (película) U-certificate, US rated G

ser menor de edad to be under age

menor de edad minor

tribunal de menores juvenile court

* * *
1. noun mf.
minor
2. adj.
1) minor

2) smaller, smallest

3) lesser, least

4) younger, youngest

•

- al por menor

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [comparativo]

a) [de tamaño] smaller

una caja de menor tamaño — a smaller box

los libros están ordenados de menor a mayor — the books are arranged by size, from small to large

b) [de cantidad] fewer, less

necesito una cantidad menor de botellas — I need fewer bottles

echa sal en menor cantidad — add less salt

• menor que algo — less than sth

su aportación es diez veces menor que la nuestra — his contribution is ten times less than ours

tres es menor que siete — three is less than seven

c) [de importancia, tiempo]

heridas de menor importancia — minor injuries

existe un menor control en las aduanas — customs controls are not as strict o tight as they were

el crecimiento de la economía es cada vez menor — the economy is growing at an ever slower rate

viene con menor frecuencia que antes — she doesn't come as often now

• en menor grado — to a lesser extent

d) [de edad] younger

mis dos hermanos menores — my two younger brothers

si eres menor de 18 años no puedes entrar — if you are under 18 you can't go in

• menor que algn — younger than sb

soy tres años menor que mi marido — I am three years younger than my husband

• ser menor de edad — to be under age; (Jur) to be a minor

dos jóvenes menores de edad se han escapado de su casa — two under-age youngsters have run away from home

e) (Mús) minor

concierto en Mi menor — concerto in E minor

f) (Rel) [orden] minor

2) [superlativo]

a) [de tamaño] smallest

es el país de menor tamaño de Europa — it is the smallest country in Europe

este es el menor de todos — this is the smallest of all

b) [de cantidad] lowest, smallest

el partido de menor asistencia de la liga — the match with the lowest o smallest attendance in the league

realizó la vuelta en el menor número de golpes — he finished the round in the lowest number of shots

hagan el menor ruido posible — make as little noise as possible

se despierta con el menor ruido — he wakes up at the slightest noise

c) [de importancia, tiempo] least

no le doy la menor importancia — I don't attach the slightest o least importance to it

no tiene la menor importancia — it is not in the least important

en el menor tiempo posible — in the shortest possible time
idea 4)
d) [de edad] youngest

este es Miguel, mi hijo menor — this is Miguel, my youngest son

2.

SMF (=niño) child, minor frm

un programa educativo para menores — an educational programme for children

los menores deben ir acompañados — children who are under age o minors frm must be accompanied

lo detuvieron por vender drogas a menores — he was arrested for selling drugs to minors

un menor de 15 años — a boy of 15

un campeonato para menores de 16 años — a championship for under-16s

• apto/ no apto para menores — suitable/not suitable for (young) children

apto para menores acompañados — (Cine) ≈ certificate PG

menor de edad — (Jur) minor

los menores de edad — those who are under age, minors

delitos cometidos por menores de edad — crimes committed by minors
tribunal 1)
3. SM

1) (Com)

• (al) por menor — retail antes de s

venta (al) por menor — retail sales

un establecimiento de venta al por menor — a retail establishment

2) Esp

• contar algo al por menor — to recount sth in detail

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) ( comparativo de pequeño)

un período de menor interés histórico — a period of less historical interest

su poder es cada vez menor — his power is decreasing all the time

en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree

alimentos de menor contenido calórico — food which is lower in calories

esta vez hay un número menor de detenidos — this time there are fewer detainees

un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage

menor que algo — lower than something

un ingreso menor que el mío — an income three times lower than mine

X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)

sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before

b) ( superlativo de pequeño)

haciendo el menor ruido posible — making as little noise as possible

el de menor tamaño — the smallest one

2) ( en edad)

a) ( comparativo)

¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?

menor que alguien — younger than somebody

b) ( superlativo)

¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?

el menor de los dos niños — the younger of the two boys

3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor

lesiones de menor importancia — minor injuries

4) (Mús) minor

5) (Com)

(al) por menor — retail

venta (al) por menor — retail sales

los distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
II
masculino y femenino (Der) minor

película no apta para menores — film not suitable for under-18s

- menor de edad

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) ( comparativo de pequeño)

un período de menor interés histórico — a period of less historical interest

su poder es cada vez menor — his power is decreasing all the time

en menor medida/grado — to a lesser extent o degree

alimentos de menor contenido calórico — food which is lower in calories

esta vez hay un número menor de detenidos — this time there are fewer detainees

un porcentaje menor — a lower o smaller percentage

menor que algo — lower than something

un ingreso menor que el mío — an income three times lower than mine

X < Z — (Mat) (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X < Z; (léase: X is less than Z)

sucede con menor frecuencia que antes — it happens less often o less frequently than before

b) ( superlativo de pequeño)

haciendo el menor ruido posible — making as little noise as possible

el de menor tamaño — the smallest one

2) ( en edad)

a) ( comparativo)

¿tienes hermanas menores? — do you have any younger sisters?

menor que alguien — younger than somebody

b) ( superlativo)

¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? — who's the youngest of the brothers?

el menor de los dos niños — the younger of the two boys

3) ( secundario) <escritor/obra> minor

lesiones de menor importancia — minor injuries

4) (Mús) minor

5) (Com)

(al) por menor — retail

venta (al) por menor — retail sales

los distribuidores (al) por menor — retail shops o outlets
II
masculino y femenino (Der) minor

película no apta para menores — film not suitable for under-18s

- menor de edad

* * *

el menor

= least, the

Ex: Of these three connectors, 'and' focusses your search with the least precision since it retrieves all records that contain both words anywhere in the record.

menor¹

¹ = infant, juvenile, juvenile, minor.

Ex: The article 'Sitting pretty: infants, toddlers, & lapsits' outlines the procedures followed at San Francisco public library to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature.

Ex: The construction of the hypothesis, however, should be limited to such considerations as whether the subject heading list is designed to serve the adult or the juvenile user.

Ex: The library provides services to 2,903 adults and juveniles who have been sentenced or remanded to the care of the Department.

Ex: This new Act requires US libraries to block obscenity, child pornography and all material deemed harmful to minors on all computers used by minors.

* abandono de menores = child neglect.

* abuso de menores = child abuse.

* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.

* centro de menores = young offender institution.

* centro tutelar de menores = juvenile detention centre.

* consumo de bebidas alcohólicas por menores de edad = underage drinking.

* departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.

* embarazo de menores = teenage pregnancy.

* escuela de niños menores = infant school.

* explotación de menores = child labour.

* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.

* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.

* manutención del menor = child maintenance.

* manutención de menores = child support.

* menor de edad = underage.

* menores de cinco años, los = under-fives, the.

* no apto para menores = X-rated.

* pensión de menores = child support.

* protección de menores = child protection, child welfare.

* sexo de menores = underage sex.

* trabajo de menores = child labour.

* tribunal de menores = juvenile court, minors' court.

menor²

² = minor, reduced, slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], low-key [low key], lesser, lower-key, diminished, low-keyed.

Ex: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.

Ex: The model shows that market concentration rises with inelastic demand, reduced marginal costs and efficient technology.

Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.

Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex: The catalog's deterioration is leading us down the road to lesser quality library service.

Ex: After all, print technology can be represented by pencial, pen, type, laser output, and so forth, but the effect is lower-key.

Ex: This volume comes at a time when increasingly frequent criticisms have been leveled at superpower nations for their diminished interest in problems in Africa.

Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.

* cada vez menor = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descending.

* con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.

* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].

* delito menor = petty offense, petty crime, minor offence.

* demanda cada vez menor = falling demand.

* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.

* de menor impacto = low impact [low-impact].

* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.

* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.

* desajuste cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* de venta al por menor = retail.

* diferencia cada vez menor entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.

* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.

* en menor cantidad = less copiously.

* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.

* en paños menores = in + Posesivo + underclothes.

* la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.

* menor de + Número = fewer than + Número.

* menor, el = least, the.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* paños menores = undies.

* presupuesto cada vez menor = shrinking budget.

* ser el que con menor frecuencia = be (the) least likely to.

* ser menor = be less.

* símbolo de menor-que (<) = left angled bracket (<), less-than sign (<).

* sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

* sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.

* sin la menor idea = clueless.

* sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.

* vender al por menor = retail.

* venta al por menor = retailing, retail trade.

* ventas al por menor = retail sales.

* * *

menor¹

adjective

A

1 (comparativo de pequeño¹ adj (↑ pequeño (1))):

un período de menor interés histórico que el anterior a period of less historical interest than the previous one

nuestro poder adquisitivo es cada vez menor our purchasing power decreases every day

en menor medida to a lesser extent o degree

en mayor o menor grado to a greater or lesser extent o degree

alimentos de menor contenido calórico food which is lower in calories

menor QUE algo:

un ingreso tres veces menor que el mío an income three times lower than mine

un porcentaje de indecisos menor que el del último sondeo a lower o smaller percentage of don't knows than in the last poll

( Mat): X Z (read as: equis es menor que zeta) X Z (léase: X is less than Z)

esto sucede con menor frecuencia que antes this happens less often o less frequently than before

2 (superlativo de pequeño):

haciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possible

eligió el de menor tamaño she chose the smallest one

¿cuál es la menor de las islas Baleares? which is the smallest of the Balearic islands?

B (en edad) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1

(comparativo): ¿tienes hermanas menores? do you have any younger sisters?

menor QUE algn younger THAN sb

es un año menor que yo she's a year younger than me

2

(superlativo): ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?

mi hijo menor my youngest son

el menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boys

C (secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minor

sufrió lesiones de menor importancia she received minor injuries

D ( Mús) minor

E ( Com):

(al) por menor retail

[ S ] venta (al) por menor retail sales

los distribuidores (al) por menor retail shops o outlets

menor²

masculine and feminine

( Der) minor

[ S ] película no apta para menores movie not suitable for under-18s, certificate 18

Compuesto:

menor de edad

masculine and feminine minor

ser menor de edad to be a minor, be underage

* * *

menor adjetivo
1
a) ( comparativo de

◊ pequeño) ‹número/porcentaje› lower, smaller;

en menor medida/grado to a lesser extent o degree;
menor que algo lower than sth;
un ingreso menor que el mío an income lower than mine
b) ( superlativo de

◊ pequeño): el país con el menor número de parados the country with the lowest unemployment figures;

haciendo el menor ruido posible making as little noise as possible;
el de menor tamaño the smallest one
2 ( en edad)
a) ( comparativo) younger;

menor que algn younger than sb
b) ( superlativo):

◊ ¿cuál es el menor de los hermanos? who's the youngest of the brothers?;

el menor de los dos niños the younger of the two boys
3 ( secundario) ‹escritor/obra› minor;
◊ lesiones de menor importancia minor injuries

4 (Mús) minor
5 (Com):
◊ (al) por menor retail

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: tb
◊ menor de edad minor; ser menor de edad to be a minor, to be under age;

película no apta para menores film not suitable for under-18s
menor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) smaller: una habitación menor que la mía, a room smaller than mine
(superlativo) smallest
el tamaño menor, the smallest size
2 (comparativo de grado) less: su alegría es menor que la mía, his happiness is less than mine
(superlativo) least, slightest: no tiene la menor idea, he hasn't the slightest idea
3 (comparativo de edad) younger: es menor de sesenta años, she is under sixty
es menor que mi prima, he's younger than my cousin
(superlativo) youngest
la menor de nosotras, the youngest of us
4 Mús minor
5 Com al por menor, retail
II mf Jur minor

' menor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusar
- Asia
- caza
- edad
- efecto
- menos
- mínima
- mínimo
- osa
- re
- relevancia
- sol
- sombra
- trascendencia
- vender
- venta
- cazar
- compás
- de
- duda
- enfadado
- enfadar
- enojado
- enojar
- intención
- movimiento
- noción
English:
age
- Asia Minor
- barge in
- clue
- deaf
- doubt
- extent
- fact
- foggy
- guardian
- junior
- juvenile
- least
- lesser
- may
- minor
- misdemeanor
- misdemeanour
- retail
- retail sale
- retailing
- show
- under
- young
- magistrate
- marginal
- offender
- out
- rough
- slight

* * *

menor

♦ adj

1. [comparativo] [en tamaño] smaller ( que than); [en edad] younger ( que than); [en importancia] less, lesser ( que than); [en número] lower ( que than);
este apartamento es menor que el otro this Br flat o US apartment is smaller than the other one;

mi hermana menor my younger sister;

es ocho años menor que yo he's eight years younger than me;

reciben menor formación que nosotros they receive less training than us;

en menor grado to a lesser extent;

un menor número de víctimas a lower o smaller number of victims;

una menor tasa de inflación a lower rate of inflation;

apartamentos menores de 100 metros cuadrados Br flats o US apartments of less than o under 100 square metres;

ayudas para empresarios menores de veinticinco años grants for businessmen (of) under twenty-five;

sólo la menor parte de los encuestados estaba en contra only a minority of those interviewed were opposed;
Mat
menor que less than

2. [superlativo]
el/la menor… [en tamaño] the smallest…;
[en edad] the youngest…; [en importancia] the slightest…; [en número] the lowest…;
la menor de las islas the smallest island, the smallest of the islands;

la menor de todos nosotros/de la clase the youngest of all of us/in the class;

la menor de las dos hermanas the younger of the two sisters;

el menor ruido le molesta the slightest noise disturbs him;

no creo que tenga el menor interés I don't think it's at all o the slightest bit interesting;

no te preocupes, no tiene la menor importancia don't worry, it doesn't matter at all o in the least;

no tengo la menor idea I haven't the slightest idea

3. [intrascendente, secundario] minor;

un problema menor a minor problem

4. [joven]
aún es menor para salir solo he's still a bit young to go out on his own;

ser menor de edad [para votar, conducir] to be under age;
Der to be a minor
5. Mús minor;

en do menor in C minor

6. Com
al por menor retail;

vender algo al por menor to retail sth;

puntos de venta al por menor retail outlets

♦ nmf

1. [superlativo]
el/la menor [hijo, hermano] the youngest

2. Der [niño] minor;

es una película no apta para menores this film has been classified as unsuitable for children;

no apta para menores [en letrero] = unsuitable for children

Comp
menor de edad minor
* * *

menor

I adj

1 comp less; en tamaño smaller; en edad younger;

ser menor de edad be a minor

2 sup

:

el menor en tamaño the smallest; en edad the youngest;

el número menor the lowest number;

no tengo la menor idea I don’t have the slightest idea

3 MÚS tono, modo minor;

mi menor E minor

4 COM

:

al por menor retail

II m/f minor

* * *

menor adj

1) (comparative of pequeño) : smaller, lesser, younger

2) (superlative of pequeño) : smallest, least, youngest

3) : minor

4)

al por menor : retail

5)

ser menor de edad : to be a minor, to be underage

menor nmf

: minor, juvenile

* * *

menor¹ adj

1. (comparativo menos grande) smaller

una talla menor a smaller size

2. (ningún) slightest

no tiene la menor importancia it doesn't matter in the slightest

no tengo la menor idea I haven't the faintest idea

3. (comparativo más joven) younger

es menor que tú he's younger than you

su hermano menor her younger brother

4. (superlativo más joven) youngest

el hijo menor de la familia the youngest of the family

menor² n

1. (más joven) youngest

el menor de mis hijos my youngest son

2. (menor de edad) minor

Spanish-English dictionary > menor
17 reckon

ˈrekən гл.
1) считать, подсчитывать, вычислять;
насчитывать;
подводить итог( обыкн. reckon up) The Christian age is usually reckoned from the birth of Christ. ≈ Христианское летоисчисление ведется от рождества Христова. Syn: count I
2., estimate
2., compute
1., calculate
2) полагать, рассматривать, считать, придерживаться мнения The city council reckons its library as an important part of public service. ≈ Городской совет считает, что библиотека - важный общественный институт. Syn: consider, think, suppose, judge
3) надеяться, рассчитывать (on, upon - на кого-л., на что-л.) I reckon on your help. ≈ Я рассчитываю на вашу помощь. Syn: expect ∙ reckon among reckon for reckon in reckon off reckon on reckon upon reckon up reckon with reckon without Syn: consider to reckon without one's host ≈ ошибиться в расчетах, крупно просчитаться считать (особ. в уме), подсчитывать (тж. * up) - to learn to read, write and * научиться читать, писать и считать - to * from ten (начать) считать с десяти - to * to sixty досчитать до шестидесяти - *ing from today считая с сегодняшнего дня - the time is *ed from... срок исчисляется с... насчитывать;
исчислять;
подсчитывать, подводить итог (тж. * up) - I * 53 of them я (их) насчитал 53 - to * the cost of smth. вычислить стоимость чего-л. - to * up one's debts подсчитать свои долги - to * up the bill подбить счет (часто as) рассматривать, считать - to * smb. wise считать кого-л. умным - to * smb. as an enemy рассматривать кого-л. как врага - to be *ed (as) a clever person считаться умным человеком - he *ed the work as /to be/ one of his successes он считал это произведение своей удачей - The National is *ed one of the best hotels in the town "Националь" считается одной из лучших гостиниц города (among) числить (где-л.), причислять( к кому-л., чему-л.) - to * smb. among the greatest writers причислять кого-л. к великим писателям - he is not *ed among my friends он не относится к числу моих друзей - among those submitting applications I * him the least qualified to do research среди всех подавших заявление я считаю его наименее подходящим для научной работы преим. (американизм) думать, полагать, считать;
придерживаться мнения - to * that smth. will happen полагать, что что-л. случится - I *ed the explosion was ten miles away я считаю, что взрыв произошел в десяти милях отсюда - I * (that) it is going to rain я думаю, что пойдет дождь - I * he is forty я бы дал ему сорок лет - I * (американизм) (разговорное) думаю;
наверное( как вводные слова) - he will come soon, I * он, думаю /наверное/, скоро придет - this, I *, was what he meant по всей вероятности, это то, что он имел в виду - this will be enough, I * этого, пожалуй, хватит (on, upon) полагаться, рассчитывать ( на кого-л., что-л.) - I am not *ing on him я на него не рассчитываю - to * with certainty on smth. с полным основанием рассчитывать на что-л.;
полностью положиться на что-л. - I * on his doing it я рассчитываю, что он это сделает - they had not *ed on finding me here они не ожидали меня здесь встретить( with) принимать во внимание, считаться ( с кем-л., чем-л.) - he is a doughty opponent and one to be *ed with это мощный противник, и с ним нужно считаться (with, without) принимать в расчет;
учитывать - to * without smth. не принимать в расчет;
не считаться с чем-л. - I had not *ed with the possibility of his turning up so soon я не учел возможности его столь быстрого возвращения - he is not the sort of man you can afford to * without это не такой человек, с которым можно не считаться /которого можно сбрасывать со счетов/ (with) рассчитываться, расплачиваться - you will * with him at the end of the year вы рассчитаетесь /расплатитесь/ с ним в конце года( with) расквитаться, свести счеты - to * with a traitor расквитаться с предателем (with) справляться;
сталкиваться, иметь дело( с чем-л., кем-л.) - they have to * with many petty irritations им приходится сталкиваться с массой нудных мелких забот - all these problems have to be *ed with as they arise все эти проблемы придется решать по мере их возникновения (часто for) рассчитывать (на что-л.) ;
предусматривать( что-л.) - to * to do smth. рассчитывать /намереваться, собираться/ сделать что-л. - I * to arrive in Delhi at noon я рассчитываю прибыть в Дели в полдень - you may have more to bear than you * for вам, может быть, придется вынести больше, чем вы рассчитываете (in) включать, причислять - they were *ed in the company present они были включены в число присутствующих (редкое) считаться (существенным) ;
быть важным;
иметь ценность (просторечие) иметь обыкновение - we never * to go to bed before midnight мы не имеем привычки ложиться спать до полуночи - I always * to go to my son's for Christmas я имею обыкновение проводить рождество у сына > to * without one's host ошибиться в расчетах, крупно просчитаться ~ рассматривать, считать за;
думать, предполагать, придерживаться мнения;
to be reckoned (as) a clever person считаться умным человеком ~ принимать во внимание( with) ;
he is to be reckoned with с ним надо считаться;
reckon among, reckon in причислять к;
reckon up подсчитывать reckon исчислять ~ подводить итог ~ подсчитывать ~ полагать ~ полагаться, рассчитывать (upon) ~ придерживаться мнения ~ принимать во внимание (with) ;
he is to be reckoned with с ним надо считаться;
reckon among, reckon in причислять к;
reckon up подсчитывать ~ рассматривать, считать за;
думать, предполагать, придерживаться мнения;
to be reckoned (as) a clever person считаться умным человеком ~ рассматривать ~ рассчитываться, расплачиваться, сводить счеты( with - с кем-л.) ~ считать;
подсчитывать, исчислять;
подводить итог (обыкн. reckon up) ;
насчитывать ~ считать ~ принимать во внимание (with) ;
he is to be reckoned with с ним надо считаться;
reckon among, reckon in причислять к;
reckon up подсчитывать ~ принимать во внимание (with) ;
he is to be reckoned with с ним надо считаться;
reckon among, reckon in причислять к;
reckon up подсчитывать

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > reckon
18 reckon

[ʹrekən] v
1. 1) считать (особ. в уме), подсчитывать (тж. reckon up)

to learn to read, write and reckon - научиться читать, писать и считать

to reckon from ten - (начать) считать с десяти

to reckon to sixty - досчитать до шестидесяти

reckoning from today - считая с сегодняшнего дня

the time is reckoned from... - срок исчисляется с...

2) насчитывать; исчислять; подсчитывать, подводить итог (тж. reckon up)

I reckon 53 of them - я (их) насчитал 53

to reckon the cost of smth. - вычислить стоимость чего-л.

to reckon up one's debts [money due] - подсчитать свои долги [причитающиеся суммы]

to reckon up the bill - подбить счёт

2. 1) ( часто as) рассматривать, считать

to reckon smb. wise [prosperous, beyond redemption] - считать кого-л. умным [богатым, безнадёжно испорченным]

to reckon smb. as an enemy - рассматривать кого-л. как врага

to be reckoned (as) a clever person [one of the best generals, a great writer] - считаться умным человеком [одним из лучших полководцев, великим писателем]

he reckoned the work as /to be/ one of his successes - он считал это произведение своей удачей

The National is reckoned one of the best hotels in the town - «Националь» считается одной из лучших гостиниц города

2) (among) числить (где-л.), причислять (к кому-л., чему-л.)

to reckon smb. among the greatest writers - причислять кого-л. к великим писателям

he is not reckoned among my friends - он не относится к числу моих друзей

among those submitting applications I reckon him the least qualified to do research - среди всех подавших заявление я считаю его наименее подходящим для научной работы

3. преим. амер. думать, полагать, считать; придерживаться мнения

to reckon that smth. will happen - полагать, что что-л. случится

I reckoned the explosion was ten miles away - я считал, что взрыв произошёл в десяти милях отсюда

I reckon (that) it is going to rain [he will consent] - думаю, что пойдёт дождь, [что он согласится]

I reckon he is forty - я бы дал ему сорок лет

I reckon - амер. разг. думаю; наверное ( как вводные слова)

he will come soon, I reckon - он, думаю /наверно/, скоро придёт

this, I reckon, was what he meant - по всей вероятности, это то, что он имел в виду

this will be enough, I reckon - этого, пожалуй, хватит

4. (on, upon) полагаться, рассчитывать (на кого-л., что-л.)

I am not reckoning on him - я на него не рассчитываю

to reckon with certainty on smth. - с полным основанием рассчитывать на что-л.; полностью положиться на что-л.

I reckon on his doing it - я рассчитываю, что он это сделает

they had not reckoned on finding me here - они не ожидали меня здесь встретить

5. 1) (with) принимать во внимание, считаться (с кем-л., чем-л.)

he is a doughty opponent and one to be reckoned with - это мощный противник, и с ним нужно считаться

2) (with, without) принимать в расчёт; учитывать

to reckon without smth. - не принимать в расчёт; не считаться с чем-л.

I had not reckoned with the possibility of his turning up so soon - я не учёл возможности его столь быстрого возвращения

he is not the sort of man you can afford to reckon without - это не такой человек, с которым можно не считаться /которого можно сбрасывать со счетов/

6. (with)

1) рассчитываться, расплачиваться

you will reckon with him at the end of the year - вы рассчитаетесь /расплатитесь/ с ним в конце года

2) расквитаться, свести счёты

to reckon with a traitor - расквитаться с предателем

7. (with) справляться; сталкиваться, иметь дело (с чем-л., кем-л.)

they have to reckon with many petty irritations - им приходится сталкиваться с массой мелких нудных забот

all these problems have to be reckoned with as they arise - все эти проблемы придётся решать по мере их возникновения

8. ( часто for) рассчитывать (на что-л.); предусматривать (что-л.)

to reckon to do smth. - рассчитывать /намереваться, собираться/ сделать что-л.

I reckon to arrive in Delhi at noon - я рассчитываю прибыть в Дели в полдень

you may have more to bear than you reckon for - вам, может быть, придётся вынести больше, чем вы рассчитываете

9. (in) включать, причислять

they were reckoned in the company present - они были включены в число присутствующих

10. редк. считаться (существенным); быть важным; иметь ценность

11. прост. иметь обыкновение

we never reckon to go to bed before midnight - мы не имеем привычки ложиться спать до полуночи

I always reckon to go to my son's for Christmas - я имею обыкновение проводить рождество у сына

♢ to reckon without one's host - ошибиться в расчётах, крупно просчитаться

НБАРС > reckon
19 approach

1. n
1) подход, метод

2) pl подступы

•

to adopt an approach — вырабатывать подход

to champion an approach — выступать за какой-л. подход

to change one's approach — изменять свой подход

to demand a separate approach — требовать особого подхода

to develop an approach — разрабатывать подход

to find a new approach to old problems — находить новый подход к решению старых проблем

to formulate a new approach — формулировать новый подход

to make an approach — вступать в контакт, завязывать отношения

to modify smb's approach to smth — изменять чей-л. подход к чему-л.

to practice an individual approach to smb — практиковать индивидуальный подход к кому-л.

to show a reasonable approach — проявлять разумный подход

to soften one's approach to smth — смягчать свой подход к чему-л.

to take an approach — придерживаться какого-л. подхода, применять какой-л. метод

to use an approach — использовать метод

- ad hoc approach
- all-inclusive approach
- alternative approach
- approach to a problem
- approach to policy making
- balanced approach
- biased approach
- blanket approach
- bureaucratic approach
- businesslike approach
- carrot-and-stick approach
- case-by-case approach
- cautious approach
- class approach
- coherent approach
- combined approach
- common approach
- comprehensive approach
- concerted approach
- conciliatory approach
- concrete approach
- conscious approach
- consensual approach
- constructive approach
- coordinated approach
- creative approach
- critical approach
- democratic approach
- departmental approach
- dialectical approach
- diplomatic approach
- divide-and-rule approach
- dynamic approach
- economic approach
- effective approach
- environmentally sound approach
- equitable approach
- even-handed approach
- flexible approach
- forecasting approach
- formalist approach
- forthright approach
- fresh approach
- fuzzy approach
- general approach
- global approach
- gradualist approach
- hard-line approach
- heavy-handed approach
- historical approach
- holistic approach
- impartial approach
- incremental approach
- individual approach
- informal approach
- integrated approach
- interdisciplinary approach
- kid-glove approach
- liberalized approach
- lop-sided approach
- low-keyed approach
- metaphysical approach
- multilateral approach
- multipronged approach
- new approach
- nonrealistic approach
- nonviolent approach
- on the approaches to a city
- one-sided approach
- open approach
- overall approach
- package approach
- partial approach
- personal approach
- petty-minded approach
- phased approach
- piecemeal approach
- pluralistic approach
- politically effective approach
- positive approach
- practical approach
- pragmatic approach
- principled approach
- priority approach
- proper approach
- rational approach
- realistic approach
- rethink of smb's approach to smth
- revolutionary approach
- rigid approach
- scholarly approach
- scholastic approach
- scientific approach
- sectorial approach
- separate approach
- simplified approach
- soft approach
- softly-softly approach
- stage-by-stage approach
- statistical approach
- step-by-step approach
- theoretical approach
- tolerant approach
- tough approach
- traditional approach
- umbrella approach
- unbiased approach
- unified approach
- uniform approach
- unofficial approach
- unrealistic approach
- unscientific approach
- utilitarian approach
- wait-and-see approach 2. v
обращаться (к кому-л. с просьбой, предложением); вступать в контакт; вступать в переговоры

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20 environment

n

окружающая среда; окружение

to adjust to a new environment — приспосабливаться к новым условиям / к новому окружению

to clean up the environment — очищать окружающую среду

to conserve the environment — охранять окружающую среду

to create an environment — создавать среду

to damage the environment — наносить ущерб окружающей среде

to identify global problems of environment — выявлять глобальные проблемы среды обитания

to improve the environment — улучшать состояние окружающей среды

to preserve the environment — сохранять окружающую среду

to prohibit action to influence environment for military purposes — запрещать воздействие на окружающую среду в военных целях

to protect the environment — охранять окружающую среду

to tinker with the environment — неумело обращаться с окружающей средой

- adverse changes in the environment
- anything-goes environment
- business environment
- catastrophic effects for the environment
- changed economic environment
- contamination of environment
- culturally deprived environment
- deterioration of environment
- economic and political environment
- economic environment
- hostile environment
- human environment
- improvement of the environment
- industrial environment
- international economic environment
- international environment
- law-of-the-jungle environment
- littoral environment
- local environment
- marine environment
- modification of the environment
- near-shore environment
- nuclear explosions in three environments

- nuclear tests in three environments
- peaceful utilization of the environment
- permissive environment
- petty-bourgeois environment
- physical environment
- preservation of the environment

- protection of the environment
- quality environment
- social and economic environment
- sociocultural environment
- sociohistorical environment
- strategic environment
- survival-of-the-fittest environment

Politics english-russian dictionary > environment

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